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At that time, the poem was titled "America". Ward had initially composed the song's melody in 1882 to accompany lyrics to "Materna", basis of the hymn, "O Mother dear, Jerusalem", though the hymn was not first published until 1892. [3] The combination of Ward's melody and Bates's poem was first entitled "America the Beautiful" in 1910.
Katharine Coman. Signature. Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles on social reform, on which she was a noted speaker. Bates enjoyed close links with Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she ...
Learn to labor and to wait. " A Psalm of Life " is a poem written by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, often subtitled "What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist". [ 1] Longfellow wrote the poem not long after the death of his first wife and while thinking about how to make the best of life.
The folk musician and activist, 83, shared a video of herself singing “America the Beautiful” on Sunday (28 July), as she played an acoustic guitar. In the moving pared-back rendition, she ...
In Flanders Fields. " In Flanders Fields " is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres.
Post Malone will sing "America the Beautiful," Reba McEntire the national anthem and Andra Day "Lift Every Voice and Sing" during the pre-game for Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, the NFL announced.
Alicia Ostriker. Alicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937 [1]) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry. [2] [3] She was called "America's most fiercely honest poet" by Progressive. [1] Additionally, she was one of the first women poets in America to write and publish poems discussing the topic of motherhood. [4]
Ozymandias. " Ozymandias " ( / ˌɒziˈmændiəs / o-zee-MAN-dee-əs) [1] is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of The Examiner [2] of London. The poem was included the following year in Shelley's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other ...