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The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England. " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
Letter to My Daughter (2009) is the third book of essays by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. By the time it was published, Angelou had written two other books of essays, several volumes of poetry, and six autobiographies. She was recognized and highly respected as a spokesperson for black people and women, and had become "a major ...
Come Up from the Fields Father. " Come Up from the Fields Father " is a poem by Walt Whitman. It was first published in the 1865 poetry volume Drum-Taps. The poem centers around a family living on a farm in Ohio who receives a letter informing them that their son has been killed, and chronicles their grief, particularly that of the boy's mother.
Contents. You can shed tears that she is gone. " You can shed tears that she is gone... " is the opening line of a piece of popular verse, based on a short prose poem, " Remember Me ", written in 1982 by English painter and poet David Harkins (born 14 November 1958). The verse – sometimes also known as " She Is Gone " – has often been given ...
In 1960, American composer John Corigliano set "Fern Hill" to music as part of A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (1960–1976), a trilogy of choral symphony. [20] The poem is also quoted in the title of the 1973 drama film Happy as the Grass Was Green and in the lyrics of the 2022 song "Blacktop" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Mathilda, or Matilda, [ 1 ] is the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley, written between August 1819 and February 1820 and first published posthumously in 1959. It deals with common Romanticism themes of incest and suicide. [ 2 ] The narrative deals with a father's incestuous love for his daughter.
Poet, playwright, writer. Edward James "Ted" Hughes OM OBE FRSL (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) [ 1 ] was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 and held the office ...
Aurora Leigh is an 1856 verse novel by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number, the number of the Sibylline Books). It is a first-person narration, from the point of view of Aurora; its other heroine, Marian Erle, is an abused self-taught child of itinerant parents.