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Common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)In the late 1850s and early 1860s, Whitman established his reputation as a poet with the release of Leaves of Grass.Whitman intended to write a distinctly American epic and developed a free verse style inspired by the cadences of the King James Bible.
Hindemith was drawn to Whitman's poem through its theme of nobility, fate and death. Written in memory of Abraham Lincoln, Whitman's poem fitted the theme of the country at this time of mourning. Subtitling his work, "An American Requiem", [ 7 ] Hindemith broke into the scene of American musical culture which was out of character for the German ...
Ode to Death, H. 144, Op. 38, is a musical composition for chorus and orchestra written by English composer Gustav Holst (1874–1934) in 1919. It is a setting of a passage from Walt Whitman's 1865 elegy When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, which was written to mourn the death of American president Abraham Lincoln.
" This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless," Leaves of Grass (Book XXXII. From Noon to Starry Night) 1881 A Farm Picture " Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn," Leaves of Grass (Book XX. By the Roadside) 1865 A Font of Type " This latent mine—these unlaunch’d voices—passionate powers,"
Drum-Taps is a collection of poetry composed by American poet Walt Whitman during the American Civil War. The collection was published in May 1865. [1] The first 500 copies of the collection were printed in April 1865, [2] the same month President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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One of two remaining co-defendants in Georgia's longest-running criminal trial was stabbed in jail, his lawyer said Monday morning, as jurors resumed deliberations in the sprawling racketeering ...