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"The Ballad of Cassandra Southwick" is a poem written by American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier in 1843. It details the religious persecution of Cassandra Southwick's youngest daughter Provided Southwick, a Quaker woman who lived in Salem, Massachusetts and is the only white female known to be put up at auction as a slave in the United States.
In 1933, he distributed the poem in the form of a Christmas card, [1] now officially titled "Desiderata." [2] Psychiatrist Merrill Moore distributed more than 1,000 unattributed copies to his patients and soldiers during World War II. [1] After Ehrmann died in 1945, his widow published the work in 1948 in The Poems of Max Ehrmann. The 1948 ...
The poem was adapted as the lyrics in the song "Prayer" by Lizzie West. The last four lines of the poem were recited among others in Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The poem is read by Lisa (played by Kerry Godliman), the dying wife of lead character Tony (played by Ricky Gervais) in the final episode of the Netflix series After Life.
Suzanne Somers' final gift from the love of her life, Alan Hamel, has been revealed. ET has learned that Hamel, who was married to the Three's Company star for 46 years before her death, gave her ...
"Their little souls to the angels flew...." Obituary poetry, in the broad sense, includes poems or elegies that commemorate a person's or group of people's deaths.. In its stricter sense, though, it refers to a genre of popular verse or folk poetry that had its greatest popularity in the nineteenth century, especially in the United States of America.
Sonnet 97 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man.
God's Greatist Gift. Canva/Parade. God's greatest gift was sent to all He was born in a lowly manger stall The gift of Jesus to those who believe Is a gift of love and life for all.
Losing my 29-year-old husband last year and becoming a young widow was not part of the plans I had for my life.