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Dramatic Lyrics is a collection of English poems by Robert Browning, first published in 1842 [1] as the third volume in a series of self-published books entitled Bells and Pomegranates.
A song was created from the poem by Harold Fraser-Simson, who put many of Milne's poems to music. "Halfway Down the Stairs" was used in the first season of The Muppet Show . The performance was staged in the middle of a flight of stairs, and became the most significant performance of the season for Kermit the Frog 's nephew Robin the Frog .
An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...
"Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That sails upon the se." 3. The king has written a braid letter, And signed it wi his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. 4. To Noroway! to Noroway! to Noroway oer the faem! The king's daughter to Noroway 'Tis thou maun bring her hame. 5. The first line that Sir Patrick red,
Taylor Swift is breaking down her Tortured Poets Department tracks. During iHeartRadio's premiere special in honor of the singer's 11th studio album, Swift herself provided insight into a few of ...
One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; Bowie had also hoped to produce a televised musical based on the book. [31] "2112" 2112: Rush: Anthem: Ayn Rand: Song shares themes with the novel, such that Neil Peart recognized Rand in the album's liner notes. [32] "Abigail" Creatures: Motionless in White: The ...
In the song "Blown Away" by Youth Brigade, lines from the poem are used, such as "Death is the end of life; ah, why/Should life all labour be?/Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast" and "let us alone; what pleasure can we have to war with evil? is their any peace" The poem inspired, in part, the R.E.M. song "Lotus". "There’s the great ...
Poetry is universal throughout the world's oral traditions as songs and folklore passed down to younger generations. [2] The oldest works of children's poetry, such as Zulu imilolozelo, are part of cultural oral traditions. [2] In China, the Tang dynasty became known as the Golden Age of Chinese poetry with the invention of the movable type. [3]