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"The Touch of the Master's Hand", also sometimes called The Old Violin, [1] is a Christian poem written in 1921 [2] by Myra Brooks Welch. [3]The poem tells of a battered old violin that is about to be sold as the last item at an auction for a pittance, until a violinist steps out of the audience and plays the instrument, demonstrating its beauty and true value.
"Masters in This Hall" (alternative title: "Nowell, Sing We Clear") is a Christmas carol with words written around 1860 by the English poet and artist William Morris to an old French dance tune. The carol is moderately popular around the world but has not entered the canon of most popular carols.
Welch's most noted poem, The Touch of the Master's Hand was written in 1921 and published on February 26, 1921, in the Gospel Messenger. She published four books of poetry The Years Between (1929), Dorcas (1930), High Songs (1933) and The Touch of the Master's Hand (1941). [7] Welch was disabled in a wheelchair from arthritis.
This has obscured some of the possible original meanings: some have argued that—as "Jim" was a generic name for slaves in minstrel songs—the song's "Jim" was the same person as its blackface narrator: Speaking about himself in the 3rd person or repeating his new masters' commands in apostrophe, he has no concern with his demotion to a field ...
Gonsen, explication of word kōan, aid to the understanding of the recorded sayings of the old masters. [76] They show how the Fundamental, though not depending on words, is nevertheless expressed in words, without getting stuck to words. [77] Hachi Nanto, eight "difficult to pass" kōan. [78]
The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.
The York No. 1 Manuscript is one of the old charges or constitutions of Freemasonry. Dated around 1600, it contains rules and regulations for operative masons as well as moral guidance. It is similar in content to other old charges such as the Regius Poem (c.1390) and the Grand Lodge No. 1 Manuscript (1583). [36]
Spoon River Anthology (1915) is a collection of short free verse poems by Edgar Lee Masters. The poems collectively narrate the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named after the Spoon River, which ran near Masters's home town of Lewistown, Illinois. The aim of the poems is to demystify rural and small town ...