He's fought for many a foreign flag in many a foreign part, for Taffy is a Welshman, proud of his fighting heart. He's fought the wide world over, he's given blood and bone. He's fought for every bloody causeexcept his bloody own !! Poem by: Alun Rees, Caerdydd All possible ca...
Today I realised that it’s related to the English word stanza (a part of a poem equivalent to a verse), and also has that meaning in Italian. It comes from Vulgar Latin *stantia (standing, stopping-place), from Latin stantem (standing, staying, remaining), from stō (to stand, ...
We are very apt to regard the apostolic saints as if they were “saints” in a more special way than the ordinary children of God. However, all who are called by God to be in a relationship with him, all who are saved by faith in Jesus Christ are—“saints”. We have all been sa...
Dylan Thomas is a writer who is best known for the poem 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' and the play 'Under Milk Wood.'
In the poem, the speaker describes being visited by his passionate lover, Porphyria.After realizing how much she cares for him, however, the speaker strangles Porphyria and then props her lifeless body up beside him. He then concludes the poem by announcing that God has yet to punish him for...
Yesterday's poem was by John Burnside. He wonThe David Cohen Prize for Literaturethe day before yesterday, only a fortnight after making hisdebut on the 'blog. I don't know anything of his but the poetry. Think I'll start the hinterland - other formats and styles - with'I put a spel...
The article focuses on the Sports Council for Wales' (SCW) plan to launch a national children's health initiative with a brand identity designed by Stills Design. The Wales-wide scheme will encourage 11- to 18-year-old children to take 60 minutes of exercise. The SCW is the national organ...
In the tiny blue painted work shed that perches precariously at the very edge of the cliff, he wrote what is perhaps his best known poemDo Not Go Gentle into that Goodnight. He died in November 1953 while on a lecture tour of America, his body being brought back to Laugharne and buried...
The Hymn to the Virgin is a poem attributed to the Welsh poet Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, thought to have been written around 1470 while he was a student at th... M. Thuillier 被引量: 0发表: 2019年 we can go all the way in europe now, says UNITED'S BIRTHDAY BOY way.' Giggs's ...
In this poem, Anne describes Corgis as magical creatures developed by the fairies and given to the mortals as a gift. Not only was Anne a famous Pembroke Corgi breeder, but also the founding member of the Welsh Corgi League of London. Needless to say, she had a ton of influence in Grea...