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The Dead (poem) Death Be Not Proud; The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner; ... Fee-fi-fo-fum; Flag Salute; Funeral Blues; G. The Grave (poem) I. If I must die; If We ...
Laurence Binyon was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.His parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman of the Church of England, and Mary Dockray. Mary's father, Robert Benson Dockray, was a main engineer of the London and Birmingham Railway.
Anne Brydges Lefroy (1747/8–1804) was an English writer. She wrote both prose and verse, some of which was published anonymously in her lifetime. Four years after Lefroy died, her friend Jane Austen wrote a poem lamenting her death.
Selwyn Jones reflects on the murder of his nephew George Floyd, who died at the age of 46.
At its narrowest, the term "Graveyard School" refers to four poems: Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", Thomas Parnell's "Night-Piece on Death", Robert Blair's The Grave and Edward Young's Night-Thoughts. At its broadest, it can describe a host of poetry and prose works popular in the early and mid-eighteenth century.
Illustration for Longfellow's poem "Excelsior" from an 1846 collection. The poem was included in Ballads and Other Poems (1842), which also included other well-known poems such as "The Wreck of the Hesperus" "Excelsior" is a short poem written in 1841 by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
[1] [2] In her Epistle to Lady Bowyer, Jones admits to being overshadowed by Alexander Pope, who is clearly an influence in her writings. [1] [2] Her poetry is witty and gently satirical, and pokes mild fun at courtly manners, but is never vicious or biting. [1] [2] Jones was postmistress of Oxford at her death, and was buried there on 14 ...
A private funeral has been held for Quincy Jones a week after his death.. The memorial was attended by close family members in Los Angeles following the legendary music producer's death at age 91 ...