"transport. Drake’s Drum has been the title and subject of poems by Sir Henry Newbolt and the Victorian poet Norah M. Holland. Newbolt's poem was set to music by Charles Villiers Stanford as part of his Songs of the Sea, op.91 suite2. It was popularised by Peter Dawson. The setting is in the key of D minor, with a dramatic resolution to D major. The drum was also mentioned in Bernard Cornwell’s 1988 novel ""Sharpe’s Rifles"" as analogous to the Gonfalon of Santiago Matamoros that features heavily in the story. A composition called ""Drake's Drum"" can also be heard on"
"myth with his 1897 poem ""Drake's Drum"", ""Drake he's in his hammock an' a thousand mile away..."": The poem has been widely anthologised and has been set to both classical and folk tunes. ""Drake's Drum"" is the first of five poetic settings by the composer Charles Villiers Stanford. Stanford wrote two song cycles based on poems by Newbolt: ""Songs of the Sea"" and ""Songs of the Fleet"". From October 1900 through September 1904, Newbolt was the editor of the ""Monthly Review"". He was also a member of the Athenaeum and the Coefficients dining club. At the start of the First"
"Dragon (poem) Dragon (Дракон) is a poem by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, written in the spring and summer of 1875 and first published in ""Vestnik Evropy"" October (#10) 1875 issue (pp. 581-605). The poem (consisting of 193 three-liners) was subtitled ""A 12th century tale. From the Italian"" and dedicated to Yakov Polonsky. In July 1875 Tolstoy met Ivan Turgenev and Mikhail Stasyulevich in Karlsbad and read them the poem. According to the latter, all three discussed whether it was advisable to refer to as ""translated from Italian"" something that was in fact the original Russian text. ""Let Angelo de Gubernatis scratch"
"reference suggests that the rhyme, and particularly the chorus, was well enough known in the early nineteenth century for the joke to be understood. Aiken Drum is also the name given by the Scottish poet William Nicholson to the brownie in his poem ""The Brownie of Blednoch"" (1825). Although this has led some folklorists to speculate that the song may derive from older fairy legends, there is no evidence of the name being used for a brownie prior to Nicholson. The Scottish storytelling group, Macastory, perform this song for children in an interactive way by allowing the children to decide"
"reading some of his own poems. They were on four 78rpm sides in the Columbia Records ""International Educational Society"" Lecture series, Lecture 92 (D40181/2). Henry Newbolt Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a very powerful role as a government adviser, particularly on Irish issues and with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems ""Vitaï Lampada"" and ""Drake's Drum"". Henry John Newbo born in Bilston, Wolverhampton (then in Staffordshire, but now in the West Midlands), son"
"Songs of the Sea (Stanford) Songs of the Sea is a cycle of five songs for baritone, male voice chorus, and orchestra, to poems by Henry Newbolt. It was composed by Charles Villiers Stanford, was premiered at the 1904 Leeds Festival, and was published as his Op. 91. Songs of the Fleet is a companion cycle of five songs for baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra, also to poems by Newbolt. It was premiered at Leeds in 1910, and was published by Stanford as his Op. 117. According to music critic Geoffrey Crankshaw: ""Drake's Drum"" may be the best known of"
"Drake's Drum Drake’s Drum is a snare drum that Sir Francis Drake took with him when he circumnavigated the world. Shortly before he died he ordered the drum to be taken to Buckland Abbey and vowed that if England were ever in danger and someone was to beat the drum he would return to defend the country. According to legend it can be heard to beat at times when England is at war or significant national events take place. Drake is said to have taken the drum, emblazoned with his coat of arms, with him on his voyages around the"
"the album by British instrumental band Acoustic Alchemy, ""Natural Elements"" (1988). Drake's Drum is mentioned in the Sabbat song ""Behind the Crooked Cross"" from their 1988 album History of a Time to Come. It features in Katherine Kurtz's World War II supernatural novel ""Lammas Night."" Drake's Drum Drake’s Drum is a snare drum that Sir Francis Drake took with him when he circumnavigated the world. Shortly before he died he ordered the drum to be taken to Buckland Abbey and vowed that if England were ever in danger and someone was to beat the drum he would return to defend"
"The Queen of Drum The Queen of Drum is a narrative poem by C.S. Lewis published by J.M. Dent in 1969, post-humously by Lewis' trustee and literary adviser Walter Hooper. It is noted for its varying meter, but has been criticised for having a weak plot. It is included in the novel ""Dymer"" In this poignant poem, the Kingdom of Drum is subject to a palace revolution: the top-ranked army general cleanly disposes of the aged king and proclaims himself the replacement monarch. The spirited, young queen - ordered to promptly remarry the general - pretends acquiescence: escaping en route"
"Henry Newbolt Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a very powerful role as a government adviser, particularly on Irish issues and with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems ""Vitaï Lampada"" and ""Drake's Drum"". Henry John Newbo born in Bilston, Wolverhampton (then in Staffordshire, but now in the West Midlands), son of the vicar of St Mary's Church, the Rev. Henry Francis Newbolt (1824–1866), and his second wife, Emily née Stubbs (1838–1921). After his father's"
"Aya no Tsuzumi Aya no Tsuzumi (綾鼓, ""The Damask/Twill Drum"") is a Japanese Noh play by an unknown author, written in the 15th century. The fact that Zeami wrote a revised version of the play, called ""Koi no omoni"" (""Love's Heavy Burden"") has led to the speculation that the original play might also be Zeami's. The word ""aya"" means twill, but the first english translation by Arthur Waley used the word damask, and this choice is almost invariably preserved by later western writers. According to Tyler, ""damask is far more evocative - and suitably so - in english"". The play,"
"McClure had authorized a filmed adaptation of one of his poems. Michael McClure was a popular, celebrated professor of English at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now renamed California College of the Arts), in Oakland, California, for many years. Michael McClure Michael McClure (born October 20, 1932) is an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955 rendered in barely fictionalized terms in Jack Kerouac's ""The Dharma"
"in the vicinity of West Point"". Joseph Rodman Drake Joseph Rodman Drake (August 7, 1795 – September 21, 1820) was an early American poet. Born in New York City, he was orphaned when young and entered a mercantile house. While still a child, he showed a talent for writing poems. He was educated at Columbia College. In 1813 he began studying in a physician's office. In 1816 he began to practice medicine and in the same year married Sarah, daughter of Henry Eckford, a naval architect. In 1819, together with his friend and fellow poet Fitz-Greene Halleck, he wrote a"
"to Drum-Taps"" added later in the year), in the following order: Drum-Taps Drum-Taps is a collection of poetry by American poet Walt Whitman. The book, which was written during the American Civil War, was first published in 1865. On April 12, 1861, Confederate cannons fired upon Fort Sumter signaling the opening of the American Civil War. Consequently, this would also mark the beginning of a very important time in the life of American poet Walt Whitman. Whitman's style of writing drew from his attempts to better manage the psychological chaos he experienced. Now, with the Civil War, it was easy"
"soloists, choir and orchestra by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák in 1892-93. ""The Culprit Fay"" served as the inspiration for a 1908 orchestral rhapsody of the same name by Henry Kimball Hadley. Fitz-Greene Halleck's poem ""Green be the turf above thee"" was written as a memorial to Drake. Joseph Rodman Drake Park in Hunts Point, Bronx, was named for him in 1915. This park has received $180,000 of New York State funding to memorialize slave workers likely to be buried there. In the early 19th century Americans numbered Drake and his friend Halleck as two of the leading literary personalities"
"Sequel to Drum-Taps Sequel to Drum-Taps, subtitled When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd and other poems, is a collection of eighteen poems written and published by nineteenth-century American poet Walt Whitman in 1865. Most of the poems in the collection reflect on the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the collection includes two elegiac poems, ""When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd"" and ""O Captain! My Captain!"", written in response to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. These poems were later included in ""Leaves of Grass"", Whitman's comprehensive collection of his poetry that was expanded throughout his life. At"
"Drum-Taps Drum-Taps is a collection of poetry by American poet Walt Whitman. The book, which was written during the American Civil War, was first published in 1865. On April 12, 1861, Confederate cannons fired upon Fort Sumter signaling the opening of the American Civil War. Consequently, this would also mark the beginning of a very important time in the life of American poet Walt Whitman. Whitman's style of writing drew from his attempts to better manage the psychological chaos he experienced. Now, with the Civil War, it was easy to see that all of society and the political structure had"
"A Drum for Ben Boyd A Drum for Ben Boyd (1948) is a long, narrative poem by Australian poet Francis Webb. It won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1948. The poem consists of fifteen numbered parts, some with titles, and some of which were had been previously published in ""The Bulletin"" magazine and various Australian poetry collections. The book also includes illustration by Australian artist Norman Lindsay. Author's note: ""Benjamin Boyd, a Scotsman, came to New South Wales in 1848. Possessing either unlimited wealth or unlimited credit, he invaded the financial system of the colony with amazing ease,"
"Cranken Rhyme The ""Cranken Rhyme"" is a Cornish-language song known by farmer John Davey or Davy (1812–1891), who was one of the last people with some knowledge of the tongue. It was recorded by J. Hobson Matthews in his ""History of St. Ives, Lelant, Towednack, and Zennor"", and is probably the latest known traditional Cornish verse. Matthews records the song in a chapter on the Cornish language and the evidence for its late survival. It is not clear whether he ever met Davey, or if he was relying on second-hand testimony. Either way, the song is unknown from any other"
"la justice mettre le nez dans nos draps"" (""The Oscar Wilde Affair, or, On the Danger of Allowing Justice to put its Nose in our Sheets"") by , a French religious historian. Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel ""The Picture of Dorian Gray"", and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Wilde's parents were successful Anglo-Irish"
"O.S.A., John's brother. On 31 January 1889 John Locke died at the early age of 42 years. John Locke was a prolific writer of short stories as well as a number of full-length novels. After joining the staff of the ""Celtic Monthly"" Locke wrote what is considered his finest full-length novel, ""The Shamrock and Palmetto"". He followed this with an historical novel ""Ulick Grace: A Tale of the Tithes"". However, he is today best remembered for one of his poems, ""Dawn on the Irish Coast""[2] also known as the ""Emigrants Anthem"". The poem was set to music in 1896 by"
"Cossack Lullaby ""The Cossack Lullaby""() is a cradle song that Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov wrote in 1838 during his exile in Caucasus. In 1837, Alexandr Pushkin had a duel with Georges d'Anthes and two days later died. Mikhail Lermontov, who had adored Pushkin, wrote a poem entitled the ""Death of the Poet"" and lamented that he fell as a victim of the aristocracy surrounding the Czar. He was immediately exiled to Caucasus. While in Caucasus, he heard an old Terek Cossack woman sing a cradle song, which he transcribed as the Cossack Lullaby. At that time, the Terek Cossacks defended"
"nation's 15th favourite poem. Noyes' major work in this phase of his career was ""Drake"", a 200-page epic in blank verse about the Elizabethan naval commander Sir Francis Drake, which was published in two volumes (1906 and 1908). Both in style and subject, the poem shows the clear influence of Romantic poets such as Tennyson and Wordsworth. Noyes' only full-length play, ""Sherwood"", was published in 1911; it was reissued in 1926, with alterations, as ""Robin Hood"". One of his most popular poems, ""A Song of Sherwood"", also dates from 1911. Eventually, one of the more popular ballads dating from this"
"Thomas Drant Thomas Drant (c.1540–1578) was an English clergyman and poet. Work of his on prosody was known to Sir Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser. He was in the intellectual court circle known as the 'Areopagus', and including, as well as Sidney, Edward Dyer, Gabriel Harvey, and Daniel Rogers. He translated Horace into English, taking a free line in consideration of the Roman poet's secular status; but he mentioned he found Horace harder than Homer. Drant's translation was the first complete one of the ""Satires"" in English, in fourteeners, but makes some radical changes of content. The son of Thomas"
"a copy of Drake's will was brought to Hartzell's mail fraud trial and he was convicted and imprisoned. Drake's Drum has become an icon of English folklore with its variation of the classic king in the mountain story. Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( – 28 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer and explorer of the Elizabethan era. Drake carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580, and was the first to complete the voyage as captain while leading the expedition throughout the entire circumnavigation. With"
"Bram Stoker Abraham ""Bram"" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel ""Dracula"". During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned. Stoker was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. His parents were Abraham Stoker (1799–1876) from Dublin and Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley (1818–1901), who was raised in County Sligo. Stoker was the third of seven children, the eldest"
"Like to the Damask Rose ”Like to the Damask Rose” is a poem either by Francis Quarles called """"Hos ego versiculos"""", or by Simon Wastell called ""“The flesh profiteth nothing”"". It was set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1892. The song, together with Through the Long Days, was first performed by Charles Phillips in St. James's Hall on 25 February 1897. It was first published (Tuckwood, Ascherberg) in 1893, and re-published by Boosey in 1907 as one of the ""Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar"", with English and German words. The 'damask rose' (Damascus rose) of the"
"Sea Spray and Smoke Drift Sea Spray and Smoke Drift (1867) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. It was released in hardback by George Robertson in 1867. The collection includes 27 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources. Reviewing a reissue of the collection in 1909 ""The Australasian"" found: ""If Gordon is the poet of the horse, he may also be called the poet of the golden wattle. Considering how genuinely poetical and distinctive in tone is much of the contents of this volume, it seems strange that the book was"
"Joseph Rodman Drake Joseph Rodman Drake (August 7, 1795 – September 21, 1820) was an early American poet. Born in New York City, he was orphaned when young and entered a mercantile house. While still a child, he showed a talent for writing poems. He was educated at Columbia College. In 1813 he began studying in a physician's office. In 1816 he began to practice medicine and in the same year married Sarah, daughter of Henry Eckford, a naval architect. In 1819, together with his friend and fellow poet Fitz-Greene Halleck, he wrote a series of satirical verses for the"
"Essay of Dramatick Poesie Essay of Dramatic Poesie is a work by John Dryden, England's first Poet Laureate, in which Dryden attempts to justify drama as a legitimate form of ""poetry"" comparable to the epic, as well as defend English drama against that of the ancients and the French. The Essay was probably written during the plague year of 1666, and first published in 1668. In presenting his argument, Dryden takes up the subject that Philip Sidney had set forth in his ""Defence of Poesie"" in 1580. The treatise is a dialogue between four speakers: Eugenius, Crites, Lisideius, and Neander."
"heroes Kenneth and Grahame. The Reluctant Dragon (short story) ""The Reluctant Dragon"" is an 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame, originally published as a chapter in his book ""Dream Days"". It is Grahame's most famous short story, arguably better known than ""Dream Days"" itself or the related ""The Golden Age"". It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sympathetic character rather than a threat. The story takes place in the Berkshire Downs in Oxfordshire (where the author lived and where, according to legend, St. George did fight a dragon). In Grahame's"
"his head, digging in old archives, searching for the original"", Tolstoy exclaimed, laughing. Still he made a compromise: in the ""translated from Italian"" phrase the first word was dropped. ""The Dragon"", as Tolstoy saw it, had one serious merit. ""The best thing about this story is that it presents as rather plausible a kind of occurrence that would be quite impossible"", he wrote in a letter to Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein. Dragon (poem) Dragon (Дракон) is a poem by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, written in the spring and summer of 1875 and first published in ""Vestnik Evropy"" October (#10) 1875 issue (pp. 581-605)."
"""New York Evening Post"", which were published under the penname ""The Croakers."" Drake died of consumption a year later at the age of twenty-five. As a writer, Drake is considered part of the ""Knickerbocker group"", which also included Halleck, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, James Kirke Paulding, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, Robert Charles Sands, Lydia M. Child, and Nathaniel Parker Willis. A collection, ""The Culprit Fay and Other Poems"", was published posthumously by his daughter in 1835. His best-known poems are the long title-poem of that collection, and the patriotic ""The American Flag"" which was set as a cantata for two"