‘Stanzas.—April, 1814’ is another early poem whose plangencies derive from Shelley's oblique dealings with the ‘uniquely private’. These dealings are ‘oblique’ in that Shelley addresses himself as ‘thou’,26 instructing himself to cut his emotional losses, ‘Tempt not w...
President, my joy in this golden trophy is heightened by the fortune which permits me to take it from the hand of the foremost citizen of the worl d. To you, si r, to Mrs. Lindsay Patter so n , our gracious matron of letters, and to the committee of scholars whose j udgment was...
chav in the House of Windsor. Noice one, bruv. However, if we do decide to suddenly cut the corgi hair apron strings and make the Governor-General President of Australia, our head of state won't exactly be a huge departure from the present. Instead of a sweet old lady whose name ...
O Canada is the national anthem of Canada. The music and French lyrics were first performed in 1880; English lyrics were written later. It was proclaimed Canada’s official national anthem on July 1, 1980.