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Title Page of a 1916 US edition. A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [2]
Not even the parallelismus membrorum is an absolutely certain indication of ancient Hebrew poetry. This "parallelism" occurs in the portions of the Hebrew Bible that are at the same time marked frequently by the so-called dialectus poetica; it consists in a remarkable correspondence in the ideas expressed in two successive units (hemistiches, verses, strophes, or larger units); for example ...
A cento is a poetic work composed of verses or passages taken from other authors and re-arranged in a new order. This poem reworks verses extracted from the work of Virgil to tell stories from the Old and New Testament of the Christian Bible. Much of the work focuses on the story of Jesus Christ.
The Hebrew word usually translated as "basket" in verse 3 can also mean ark or small boat. The basket, usually with a rounded shape, is more common in Latin Christianity, and the ark more so in Jewish and Byzantine art; it is also used in Islamic miniatures. [5] In all traditions, most depictions show a stretch of open river with few reeds.
The Four Daughters also appear in visual depictions, particularly in Books of Hours, usually in the Annunciation section. [9] ' Justice is generally represented with scales or a sword; Peace with a palm, inverted torch, or truncated sword; Truth with a carpenter's square or tables of the Law; and Mercy with a box of ointment.' [ 1 ] : 290
Heliand excerpt from the German Historical Museum. The Heliand (/ ˈ h ɛ l i ən d /) is an epic alliterative verse poem in Old Saxon, written in the first half of the 9th century.. The title means "savior" in Old Saxon (cf. German and Dutch Heiland meaning "savior"), and the poem is a Biblical paraphrase that recounts the life of Jesus in the alliterative verse style of a Germanic ep
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"The Sons of Martha" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling.It is inspired by the biblical story of Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary.It celebrates the care and dedication of workers – engineers, mechanics, and builders – to provide for the safety and comfort of others.