"Blithe Spirit (film) Blithe Spirit is a 1945 British fantasy-comedy film directed by David Lean. The screenplay by Lean, cinematographer Ronald Neame and associate producer Anthony Havelock-Allan is based on producer Noël Coward's 1941 play of the same name, the title of which is derived from the line ""Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert"" in the poem ""To a Skylark"" by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The film features Kay Hammond and Margaret Rutherford, in the roles they created in the original production, along with Rex Harrison and Constance Cummings in the lead parts of Charles and Ruth Condomine."
"which referenced the work in 1887 after a trip to Leghorn or Livorno, Italy: ""The dust of the lark that Shelley heard."" The 1941 comic play ""Blithe Spirit"" by Noël Coward takes its title from the opening line: ""Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! / Bird thou never wert"". In 1894, music by British composer Arthur Goring Thomas was set to verses from the work in the composition ""The Swan and the Skylark: Cantata"" orchestrated by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. The poem was quoted in the 1979 musical ""Shelley"" which was written and directed by Moma Murphy with music composed by"
"""To a Skylark"", (""Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! / Bird thou never wert""). For some time before 1941 Coward had been thinking of a comedy about ghosts. His first thoughts centred on an old house in Paris, haunted by spectres from different centuries, with the comedy arising from their conflicting attitudes, but he could not get the plot to work in his mind. He knew that in wartime Britain, with death a constant presence, there would be some objection to a comedy about ghosts, but his firm view was that as the story would be thoroughly heartless, ""you can't sympathise"
"Norbert Schultze Norbert Arnold Wilhelm Richard Schultze (26 January 1911 in Brunswick – 14 October 2002 in Bad Tolz) was a prolific German composer of film music and a member of the Nazi Party and of Joseph Goebbels' staff during World War II. He is best remembered for having written the melody of the World War II classic ""Lili Marleen"", originally a poem from the 1915 book ""Die kleine Hafenorgel"" by Hans Leip. Other works were the operas ""Schwarzer Peter"" and ""Das kalte Herz"", the musical ""Käpt'n Bye-Bye"", from which comes the evergreen ""Nimm' mich mit, Kapitän, auf die Reise"""
"than my sight, And wisht me wings with her a while to take my flight. 27 O merry Bird (said I) that fears no snares, That neither toyles nor hoards up in thy barn, Feels no sad thoughts, nor cruciating cares To gain more good, or shun what might thee harm Thy clothes ne’re wear, thy meat is every where, Thy bed a bough, thy drink the water cleer, Reminds not what is past, nor whats to come dost fear. 28 The dawning morn with songs thou dost prevent, Sets hundred notes unto thy feathered crew, So each one tunes"
"to the Indian Parliament in 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama quoted lines of this poem. Chitto Jetha Bhayshunyo Where the mind is without fear (Bengali: চিত্ত যেথা ভয়শূন্য, pronunciation: t͡ʃit̪t̪o Jet̪hɐ Bhɔyʃunno, English transliteration: ""Chitto Jetha Bhoyshunno"") is a poem written by 1913 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore before India's independence. It represents Tagore's vision of a new and awakened India. The original poem was published in 1910 and was included in the 1910 collection ""Gitanjali"" and, in Tagore's own translation, in its 1912 English edition. <poem> </poem> <poem>:চিত্ত যেথা ভয়শূন্য, উচ্চ যেথা শির, This poem was most likely composed in"
"thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye (Psalm 32:8). ""Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?"" (Matthew 6:26) and ""Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows"" (Matthew 10:29–31). Civilla Martin, who wrote the lyrics, said about her"
"Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include ""Blue Moon,"" ""Mountain Greenery,"" ""The Lady Is a Tramp,"" ""Manhattan,"" ""Where or When,"" ""Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered,"" ""Falling in Love with Love,"" ""Have You Met Miss Jones?,"" ""My Funny Valentine,"" ""I Could Write a Book"", ""This Can't Be Love"", ""With a Song in My Heart"", ""It Never Entered My Mind"", and ""Isn't It Romantic?"". Hart was born in Harlem, the elder of two sons, to Jewish immigrant parents, Max"
"of the original spirit. In ""Waltharius"" Hiltgunt advises Waltharius to fly; in ""Waldere"" she urges him to the combat. One of the most extensive studies of the poem is by Dennis M. Kratz, who argues that the poem makes sophisticated use of allusions to its Classical sources to satirise the heroic ethics of its protagonists. There are two fragments of a 9th-century Old English version, known as ""Waldere"", consisting of 15 lines each, discovered in 1860, edited by George Stephens. Waltharius was first edited by F. Ch. J. Fischer (Leipzig, 1780) and Fr. Molter (Karlsruhe). Later and more critical editions"
"Daniel Whitehead Hicky Daniel Whitehead Hicky (b December 6, 1900 Social Circle, GA – d July 17, 1976 Atlanta, GA) was an American poet and one of the most widely published poets in America during his prime. In addition to his six published books; ""Bright Harbor"" (1932), ""Thirteen Sonnets For Georgia"" (1933), ""Call Back The Spring"" (1935), ""Wild Heron"" (1940), ""Never The Nightingale"" (1951), and ""The Poems of Daniel Whitehead Hicky"" (1975), his work was regularly published in the national magazines, newspapers, and periodicals including The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's Magazine, The Atlanta Constitution, The North American Review, The New"
"and if nothing remains, let it be so"""" Selection: Writings/Textbooks for Students: Reginald Horace Blyth Reginald Horace Blyth (3 December 1898 – 28 October 1964) was an English author and devotee of Japanese culture. He is most famous for his writings on Zen and on haiku poetry. Blyth was born in Essex, England, the son of a railway clerk. He was the only child of Horace and Henrietta Blyth. He attended Cleveland Road Primary School, in Ilford, then the County High School (later Ilford County High School). In 1916, at the height of World War I, he was imprisoned at"
"Ludwig Helmbold Ludwig Helmbold, also spelled Ludwig Heimbold, (21 January 1532 – 8 April 1598) was a poet of Lutheran hymns. He is probably best known for his hymn ""Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren"", of which J. S. Bach used the fifth stanza for his cantata ""O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad"", BWV 165; Bach also used his words in BWV 73, 79 and 186a. Helmbold was born in Mühlhausen. He became a professor of Philosophy an der Erfurt University in 1554. In 1571 he was appointed a minister at the Marienkirche in Mühlhausen, later as Superintendent. Helmbold was crowned"
"Chitto Jetha Bhayshunyo Where the mind is without fear (Bengali: চিত্ত যেথা ভয়শূন্য, pronunciation: t͡ʃit̪t̪o Jet̪hɐ Bhɔyʃunno, English transliteration: ""Chitto Jetha Bhoyshunno"") is a poem written by 1913 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore before India's independence. It represents Tagore's vision of a new and awakened India. The original poem was published in 1910 and was included in the 1910 collection ""Gitanjali"" and, in Tagore's own translation, in its 1912 English edition. <poem> </poem> <poem>:চিত্ত যেথা ভয়শূন্য, উচ্চ যেথা শির, This poem was most likely composed in 1900. It appeared in the volume ""Naivedya"" in the poem titled ""Prarthona"" (July 1901, Bengali"
"that endures And meet each cold, cold grasp of yours <br> I said to cold Neglect and Scorn, Ye may pursue me till my form Yet still the spirit, which you see Draws from its own nobility <br> I said to Friendship’s menaced blow, Thou canst but add one bitter woe Yet still the spirit that sustains Shall smile upon its keenest pains, <br> I said to Death’s uplifted dart, Thou wilt not find a fearful heart— For still the spirit, firm and free, Wrapt in its own eternity, Lavinia Stoddard Lavinia Stoddard (June 29, 1787 – November 8, 1820)"
"fairly uncommon; possibly the last major poem in the tradition is William Dunbar's superb ""Tretis of the Tua Marriit Wemen and the Wedo"" (c. 1500). By the middle of the sixteenth century, the four-beat alliterative line had completely vanished, at least from the written tradition: the last poem using the form that has survived, ""Scotish Feilde"", was written in or soon after 1515 for the circle of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby in commemoration of the Battle of Flodden. J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), a scholar of Old and Middle English and of Old Norse, used alliterative verse extensively"
"Theodore Roethke Theodore Huebner Roethke ( ; May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet. Roethke is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation. Roethke's work is characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book ""The Waking"", and he won the annual National Book Award for Poetry twice, in 1959 for ""Words for the Wind"" and posthumously in 1965 for ""The Far Field"". In the November 1968 edition of ""The Atlantic Monthly"", former U.S. Poet Laureate and author"
"Theodore Roethke Theodore Huebner Roethke ( ; May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet. Roethke is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation. Roethke's work is characterized by its introspection, rhythm and natural imagery. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book ""The Waking"", and he won the annual National Book Award for Poetry twice, in 1959 for ""Words for the Wind"" and posthumously in 1965 for ""The Far Field"". In the November 1968 edition of ""The Atlantic Monthly"", former U.S. Poet Laureate and author"
"Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird (January 5, 1826 – December 20, 1907) was an American author and poet. Nearly all of her literary work was done in Ohio, where her contemporaries included Alice Williams Brotherton and Kate Brownlee Sherwood. Some of her poems are found in a volume entitled ""Four O'Clocks"", published in 1888. Helen Louisa Barrow, a daughter of Dr. Putnam Barrow, was born January 5, 1826, at North Charlestown, New Hampshire, where the first twelve years of her girlhood were passed. Here she received an elementary common-school education, which was supplemented by special private tuition"
"W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an English-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form and content. He is best known for love poems such as ""Funeral Blues"", poems on political and social themes such as ""September 1, 1939"" and ""The Shield of Achilles"", poems on cultural and psychological themes such as ""The Age of Anxiety"", and poems on religious themes such as ""For the Time Being"" and ""Horae Canonicae"". He was born in"
"each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture! The song also inspired the nineteenth-century British writer Thomas Hardy, who spoke in ""Darkling Thrush"" of the bird's ""full-hearted song evensong/Of joy illimited"", but twentieth-century British poet Ted Hughes in ""Thrushes"" concentrated on its hunting prowess: ""Nothing but bounce and/stab/and a ravening second"". Nineteenth-century Welsh poet Edward Thomas wrote 15 poems concerning blackbirds or thrushes, including ""The Thrush"": I hear the thrush, and I see Him alone at the end of the lane Near the bare poplar's tip, Singing continuously. In ""The Tables"
"Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud ""Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud"" (""Go Forth, My Heart, and Seek Delight"") is a summer hymn with a text by Paul Gerhardt written in 1653. It was first published that same year in the fifth edition of Johann Crüger's hymnal ""Praxis Pietatis Melica"". It was sung to several melodies, the most popular one having been composed by August Harder, and became a ""Volkslied"" (folk song) in an abridged version. It was rendered into several English-language versions. A Swedish version became a popular graduation song. Gerhardt wrote his poem in 1653, five"
"Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written from 10 September to 14 December in 1815 in Bishopsgate, London and first published in 1816. The poem was without a title when Shelley passed it along to his contemporary and friend, Thomas Love Peacock. The poem is 720 lines long. It is considered to be one of the first of Shelley's major poems. Peacock suggested the name Alastor which comes from Roman mythology. Peacock has defined Alastor as ""evil genius."" The name does not refer to the hero or"
"Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German-Jewish poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside of Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of ""Lieder"" (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered part of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities, which however only added to his fame."
"the characters of the 1177 Persian poem ""The Conference of the Birds"", where the birds of the world assemble under the wisest bird, the hoopoe, to decide who is to be their king. In English romantic poetry, John Keats's 1819 ""Ode to a Nightingale"" and Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1820 ""To a Skylark"" are popular classics. Bird poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins include ""Sea and Skylark"" and ""The Windhover"" (on the kestrel). More recently, Ted Hughes's 1970 collection of poems about a bird character, ""Crow"", is considered one of his most important works. Birds have similarly appeared in literature from ancient"
"a wondrous sight! Was he fair, Oh Maiden, Was he fair? Fairer than the moon, fairer than the sun! Never in this world have I seen such a one! Was he calm, Oh Maiden, was he calm? All my heart was given to this little child. In my very soul, he will live for all time! The song was adapted in 1866 into English by William McLennan with the title Whence art thou, my maiden? Artists who have recorded the song include: D'où viens-tu, bergère? D'où viens-tu, bergère? (""Where are you coming from, shepherdess?"") is a traditional French carol. Written"
"lips that oft have kiss’d thee, Mouldering in the dust will lie; And the heart that oft hath blessed thee, Soon must cease to heave a sigh. Soon the tongue that still rehearses All thy beauty, fickle fair, Soon the hand that writes these verses Shall to kindred dust repair. Friends that constant were, and true aye, Fare-you-well, my race is run; Heartless, lorn, benighted, weary, Every earthly hope is gone. Gloomy grave, you’ll soon receive me, All my sorrows here shall close; Here no fickle fair shall grieve me; Here my heart shall find repose."" George Beattie (poet) George"
"counsellor of court and law in Dresden, where he died. Freystein's religiosity was influenced by Philipp Jakob Spener. Freystein's hymn ""Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, wache, fleh und bete"" can still be found in Protestant hymnals (ECG 261, Lutheran hymnal EC 387). Johann Sebastian Bach used it as the basis for his chorale cantata ""Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115"". Johann Burchard Freystein Johann Burchard Freystein (18 April 1671 – 1 April 1718) was a German lawyer and hymn writer. Freystein was born in Weissenfels, the son of Samuel Adam Freystein, vice-chancellor of Duke August of Saxony, inspector of"
"Werde munter, mein Gemüte """" (Become cheerful, my mind) is a Lutheran evening hymn by Johann Rist in twelve stanzas of eight lines each, printed in 1642. The hymn was translated to English and appeared in 67 hymnals. The hymn was first published as ""Dritte Zehen"" (third ten) of Rist's ""Himlische Lieder"" (Heavenly songs) in Lüneburg in 1642. It was subtitled ""A Christian evening hymn, with which to commit oneself to the protection of the Most High"". Johann Crüger included it in the 1656 edition of his Praxis pietatis melica. The hymn tune is by Johann Schop, who often collaborated"
"disciple"" and he frequently ""paid homage to him"" or used the imagery of angels in his work. Collected letters Other volumes of letters Rainer Maria Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), better known as Rainer Maria Rilke (), was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist. He is ""widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets"". He wrote both verse and highly lyrical prose. Several critics have described Rilke's work as inherently ""mystical"". His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry and several volumes of correspondence in which he"
"my heart's delight"", his English version of ""Dein ist mein ganzes Herz"", from ""The Land of Smiles"", composed by Franz Lehár (and made famous by the popular tenor Richard Tauber), and ""Goodbye"", from his English adaptation of ""The White Horse Inn"" (originally ""Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier"" from Robert Stolz's operetta ""Die lustigen Weiber von Wien"", a song which later achieved great popularity as sung by Josef Locke). Harry Graham (poet) Jocelyn Henry Clive 'Harry' Graham (23 December 1874 – 30 October 1936) was an English writer. He was a successful journalist and later, after distinguished military service, a leading lyricist"
"diction. The opening lines ""Half in a dreme, not fully wel awoke, The golden sleep me wrapped under his wing,"" have often been quoted, but the dialogue between the very long-suffering lover and the cruel lady does not maintain this high level. See W. W. Skeat, ""Chaucerian and Other Pieces"" (1897); and H. Grohler, ""Über Richard Ros' mittelenglische Uebersetzung ..."" (Breslau, 1886). Records last mention him in 1492. Richard Ros Sir Richard Ros (born 8 March 1429), was an English poet, the son of Sir Thomas Ros, lord of Hamlake (Helmsley) in Yorkshire and of Belvoir in Leicestershire. In Harl."
"in bliss! Yet ere with parting prayers we say, Farewell for ever to the insensate clay, Poor maid, those pale lips we will kiss! Ah! 'tis cold marble! Artist, who hast wrought This work of nature, feeling, and of thought; Thine, Chantrey, be the fame That joins to immortality thy name. For these sweet children that so sculptured rest A sister's head upon a sister's breast Age after age shall pass away, Nor shall their beauty fade, their forms decay. For here is no corruption; the cold worm Can never prey upon that beauteous form: This smile of death that"
"Hymn to Intellectual Beauty ""Hymn to Intellectual Beauty"" is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816 and published in 1817. ""Hymn to Intellectual Beauty"" was written during the summer of 1816 while Percy and Mary Shelley stayed with Lord Byron near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Percy Shelley sent a finished copy of the poem to his friend Leigh Hunt who immediately lost it. Shelley was therefore forced to create another finished draft of the poem and resend the poem. It was eventually published in Hunt's ""Examiner"" on 19 January 1817. The poem also appeared in the 1819 collection ""Rosalind"