ALTHOUGH there are lines of Beowulf which seem to show that the writer of the poem was a Christian, they must have been added by some one who copied or retold the story long after the Saxons had come to Britain, for the poet who first told the tale must have been a heathen, as all...
Before his execution on February 14, 270 AD, he wrote a note to the girl, signing it “From your Valentine,” which is where the tradition of sending Valentine’s cards originated3. Over time, Valentine’s Day became associated with love and romance, thanks to Geoffrey Chaucer and other w...
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First, countless informants independently testified that, although Lincoln was fond of well-known poets such as Robert Burns and Lord Byron, his favorite poem was by the little-known Scottish poet William Knox (1789-1825). The poem, “Mortality,” is a dreary litany of human hopelessness in ...
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A friend of John’s shared this poem in a social media post, and I wanted to share it with you: “Write It on Your Heart” by Ralph Waldo Emerson “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day ...
Eddy—a poem—would God I could see it!—price $3, cash in advance. Then follow five more books by Mrs. Eddy, at highwayman's rates, some of them in “leatherette covers,” some of them in “pebble cloth,” with divinity-circuit, compensation-balance, twin-screw, and the other ...
A Poem about the End Times by Dr. Richard Booker, July 12, 2016 Things that are must come to an end, Before things that are better can begin. * In time of trouble, will you stand or bend, Fear not the future for God is a faithful friend. ...
For Christians, the traditionally hallowed day of the death of Jesus is Good Friday. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Sunday, at which many a Christian congregation holds a memorial sunrise service. What has always puzzled me is that there are only... ...
Born into the Russian nobility in Moscow, Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo. Pushkin had some Slavophile sympathies, which were combined with a...