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- Written in 1860, its author, William Whiting, was inspired by the dangers of the sea described in Psalm 107. It was popularised by the Royal Navy and the United States Navy in the late 19th century, and variations of it were soon adopted by many branches of the armed services in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Nov 6, 2018 · ‘Song of Myself’ is perhaps the definitive achievement of the great nineteenth-century American poet Walt Whitman (1819-92), so we felt that it was a good choice for the second in our ‘post a poem a day’ feature.
Written in 1860, its author, William Whiting, was inspired by the dangers of the sea described in Psalm 107. It was popularised by the Royal Navy and the United States Navy in the late 19th century, and variations of it were soon adopted by many branches of the armed services in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Oscar Wilde. Track 29 on Poems. 1 viewer. 1 Contributor. Serenade Lyrics. The western wind is blowing fair. Across the dark Ægean sea, And at the secret marble stair. My Tyrian galley waits for...
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Some modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss. [1]
- There is sweet music here that softer falls. Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls. Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass;
- Why are we weigh'd upon with heaviness, And utterly consumed with sharp distress, While all things else have rest from weariness? All things have rest: why should we toil alone,
- Lo! in the middle of the wood, The folded leaf is woo'd from out the bud. With winds upon the branch, and there. Grows green and broad, and takes no care,
- Hateful is the dark-blue sky, Vaulted o'er the dark-blue sea. Death is the end of life; ah, why. Should life all labour be? Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast,
May 24, 2017 · Emily Dickinson, ‘ A Thunderstorm ’. The wind begun to rock the grass. With threatening tunes and low, –. He flung a menace at the earth, A menace at the sky. The leaves unhooked themselves from trees. And started all abroad; The dust did scoop itself like hands. And throw away the road …
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text of 1834) By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Argument. How a Ship having passed the Line was driven by storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean; and of the strange things that befell; and in what manner the Ancyent ...
