"the novel, Hugh is on his way to India for a holiday, accompanying Felix and Felix's older sister Mildred, who is in love with Hugh. The novel's title and epigraph are taken from Rupert Brooke's poem ""The Old Vicarage, Grantchester"". In the poem, which was written in Berlin in 1912, Brooke contrasts his beloved English countryside with the German city around him. The disciplined German tulips, he says, ""bloom in rows"", unlike the ""unkempt"" wild roses in England. Along with its obvious relevance to the rose nursery setting of the book, the title refers to the formlessness of Ann Peronett's"
"The Soldier (poem) ""The Soldier"" is a poem written by Rupert Brooke. The poem is the fifth of a series of poems entitled ""1914"". It is often contrasted with Wilfred Owen's 1917 antiwar poem ""Dulce et Decorum est"". The manuscript is located at King's College, Cambridge. This poem was written at the beginning of the First World War in 1914, as part of a series of sonnets written by Rupert Brooke. Brooke himself, predominantly a prewar poet, died the year after ""The Soldier"" was published. ""The Soldier"", being the conclusion and the finale to Brooke’s ""1914"" war sonnet series, deals"
"quoted verbatim at the funeral of a soldier killed in battle (at 1:09:30). The Soldier (poem) ""The Soldier"" is a poem written by Rupert Brooke. The poem is the fifth of a series of poems entitled ""1914"". It is often contrasted with Wilfred Owen's 1917 antiwar poem ""Dulce et Decorum est"". The manuscript is located at King's College, Cambridge. This poem was written at the beginning of the First World War in 1914, as part of a series of sonnets written by Rupert Brooke. Brooke himself, predominantly a prewar poet, died the year after ""The Soldier"" was published. ""The Soldier"","
"was responsible. In the final scene the tea party - which is being held on the lawn of Godfrey's cottage - is interrupted by a plane which has just taken off from the aerodrome, flying over the cottage at very low level and blowing everyone and everything around the garden. Is There Honey Still for Tea? Is There Honey Still for Tea? is the third episode of the eighth British comedy series ""Dad's Army"" that was originally broadcast on Friday, 19 September 1975. The title is taken from the concluding line of Rupert Brooke's 1912 poem, ""The Old Vicarage, Grantchester"":"
"Is There Honey Still for Tea? Is There Honey Still for Tea? is the third episode of the eighth British comedy series ""Dad's Army"" that was originally broadcast on Friday, 19 September 1975. The title is taken from the concluding line of Rupert Brooke's 1912 poem, ""The Old Vicarage, Grantchester"": Private Godfrey's Cherry Tree Cottage is set to be flattened to make way for a new aerodrome. Frazer, however, champions his cause. He knows the minister responsible for the plan, and he knows his father, and he knows about an incident in the draper's shop... The episode opens with Mainwaring"
"Cottage"", Coleridge's """" and ""Rime of the Ancient Mariner"" and Percy Bysshe Shelley's ""Hymn to Intellectual Beauty"" and ""The Zucca"". The ode contains 11 stanzas split into three movements. The first movement is four stanzas long and discusses the narrator's inability to see the divine glory of nature, the problem of the poem. The second movement is four stanzas long and has a negative response to the problem. The third movement is three stanzas long and contains a positive response to the problem. The ode begins by contrasting the narrator's view of the world as a child and as a"
"14 June 1915 as a subaltern with the 1/8th (City of London) of the London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), at the age of 24 years. He had been in France on active service for nineteen days before meeting his death. His body was buried in Fosse 7 Military Cemetery (Quality Street), Mazingarbe. The first stanza of ""The Dead"" is inscribed onto the base of the Royal Naval Division War Memorial in London. American adventurer Richard Halliburton made preparations for writing a biography of Brooke, meeting his mother and others who had known the poet, and corresponding widely and collecting copious"
"The Dead (poem) The Dead is the name of two poems by Rupert Brooke, parts III and IV of his collection ""1914"". Brooke wrote the five poems that were published in 1914 in the autumn after the outbreak of the First World War when he enlisted in the Royal Naval Division. Also in this collection is 'The Soldier', one of Brooke's most famous poems, though 'The Dead' (IV) was one of his personal favourites. The poems were published in New Numbers before being published in 1914. Brooke published five poems for this collection: I: 'Peace', II: 'Safety', III: 'The Dead',"
"of a poem written in 1783 by Richard Cooksey entitled """"To William Drewe Esqr. of New Inn, sent as an apology for a breach of promise in not having met him and a party consisting of the Portals of Hampshire and Slades of Hammersmith, at Windsor"""". John Rose Drewe (1747–1830), younger brother, who married Dorothy Bidgood (died 1834), daughter of Charles Bidgood of Rockbeare. He left no surviving male children. An engraving of Grange in 1826, whilst he was the owner, was published by John Preston Neale in his ""Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen,"" etc. Neale described"
"crediting it to Albert Pike, a poem entitled "" The Old Canoe."" It is not his, having been written originally by a young girl, Miss Emily Rebecca Page, a native of Bradford, Vermont. She was born and passed most of her short life in a quiet place on the Vermont bank of the Connecticut river, near the ""toll-bridge,"" which was mentioned last week in the papers as having been carried off by the freshet, near Piermont. I am positive about the matter, as I was well acquainted with her in her school-days. I had occasion to correct this same error"
"A House of Pomegranates A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for ""The Happy Prince and Other Tales"" (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was ""intended neither for the British child nor the British public."" The stories included in this collection are as follows: Dedicated to Margaret, Lady Brooke (the Ranee of Sarawak) ""The Young King"" tells the story of the illegitimate shepherd son of the recently dead king's daughter of an unnamed country. Being his only heir, the sixteen-year-old is brought to"
"1973. At 5:13pm on 28 March 1972, Capt. Brooke delivered the final speech from the dispatch box in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland at Stormont prior to the 'proroguing' of the Parliament of Northern Ireland by Edward Heath's Conservative government. In it, he quoted from a poem by Rudyard Kipling entitled ""Ulster"", written in 1914, about the time his father's involvement in Ulster loyalism might be said to have begun. It ended: Lord Brookeborough married Rosemary Chichester, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur O'Neill Cubitt Chichester, of Galgorm Castle, County Antrim, in 1949. They had five children: Alan, Christopher, Juliana,"
"In ...;"" ""Travelling [sic] Through Your Country;"" ""Propeller Sleep;"" ""Fish & Swimmers & Lonely Birds ...;"" ""Spaces are Death;"" ""The Second Moment;"" ""The Third Moment;"" ""Perpetual Motions;"" ""Leaving Your Country;"" ""The Old Know By Midsummer;"" and ""Abortion."" Group 3: ""Written Before Easter in New York;"" ""Chronicle;"" ""Tracks;"" ""On The Winter Solstice;"" ""Blossom;"" ""Hudson Ice Floes;"" ""Poor Mouse;"" ""Sky;"" and ""March Wind."" Group 4: The play, ""One, Two Cups."" Random Possession was published by I. Reed Books in 1982. On the contents page the poems are separated spatially into five unnumbered groups (with only the first three listed on the contents"
"Ubique (poem) ""Ubique"" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling about the Boer War, published in ""The Five Nations"" in 1903. Its title is derived from the Motto and Battle Honour of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, however the opening lines are attributed to the lack of knowledge of Latin within the ordinary ranks of the Gunners. Ubique is pronounced ""Ooh-Bee-Kway"", but is generally pronounced as ""You-Bee-Kway"". T. S. Eliot included the poem in his 1941 collection ""A Choice of Kipling's Verse"". Ubique (""everywhere"" in Latin) is the motto of the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers. It was given to"
"The Old Swimmin' Hole (poem) The Old Swimmin' Hole was a poem written by James Whitcomb Riley under the pen name ""Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone County"". The poem was first published in 1883 as part of a book entitled ""The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems"". The poem is one of Riley's most famous and is written in eye dialect. It tells of events in Riley's youth as he reminisces about the Brandywine Creek, where he played with his friends during his boyhood. The poem was included in several other releases of Riley's works and has sold millions"
"Robert Radcliffe, tells the story of a Flying Fortress bomber crew in the USAAF 520th Bombardment Group, based on a Suffolk airbase. The novel takes its title directly from this piece, and although not mentioning the poem directly, comparisons are drawn between ""The Charge of the Light Brigade"" and particular bombing missions over occupied Europe which elicited a very high casualty rate, underlining the futility of the survival odds for any given bomber crew. English singer songwriter Al Stewart makes reference to Brooke in his song ""Somewhere in England (1915)"" from the album ""A Beach Full of Shells"": “And the"
"The Echoing Green ""The Echoing Green"" (or Ecchoing Green) is a poem by William Blake published in ""Songs of Innocence"" in 1789. The poem talks about merry sounds and images which accompany the children playing outdoors. Then, an old man happily remembers when he enjoyed playing with his friends during his own childhood. The last stanza depicts the little ones being weary when the sun has descended and going to their mother to rest after playing many games. The poem follows the structure of a day— 'the sun does arise' in the beginning of the first verse, and 'the sun"
"of poetry, which were organized into septnearies. Henry Crabb Robinson contacted William Upcott on 19 April 1810 inquiring about copies of Blake's works that were in his possession. On that day, Robinson was allowed access to ""Europe"" and ""America"" and created a transcription of the works. An edition of ""Europe"" for Frederick Tatham was the last work Blake produced, and ""The Ancient of Days"" was completed three days just prior to his death. The book is prefaced by an image known as ""The Ancient of Days"", a depiction of Urizen separating light and darkness. The poem begins with a description"
"- the last day of the exhibition of the original ten. Built upon a copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses it featured a girl sitting under a tree, wearing a crown and reading a book, while the facing page shows Stevenson's poem, ""To My Mother"". In the tree are the words, ""You in a garden green"" and ""With me were king and""; on the girl's crown is the word ""Queen"". On the trunk of the tree are the words, ""Were hunter, soldier, tar"" and the inside of the small book reads, ""And all the"
"dowager Countess of Pembroke (""Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother""). William Browne (poet) William Browne (""c."" 1590 – ""c."" 1645) was an English pastoral poet, born at Tavistock, Devon, and educated at Exeter College, Oxford; subsequently he entered the Inner Temple. His chief works were the long poem ""Britannia's Pastorals"" (1613), and a contribution to ""The Shepheard's Pipe"" (1614). ""Britannia's Pastorals"" was never finished: in his lifetime Books I & II were published successively in 1613 and 1616. The manuscript of Book III (unfinished) was not published until 1852. The poem is concerned with the loves and woes of Celia, Marina, etc."
"of copies. The Old Swimmin' Hole (poem) The Old Swimmin' Hole was a poem written by James Whitcomb Riley under the pen name ""Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone County"". The poem was first published in 1883 as part of a book entitled ""The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems"". The poem is one of Riley's most famous and is written in eye dialect. It tells of events in Riley's youth as he reminisces about the Brandywine Creek, where he played with his friends during his boyhood. The poem was included in several other releases of Riley's works and has"
"included in the Edexcel IGCSE English Literature poetry anthology. Several variants exist including, ""A Nurse's Reply"" and ""Cranky Old Man"". Suggestions this is actually ""Too Soon Old"" by David L Griffith http://www.spotlightdavid.com/TooSoonOld.html Copyright given as © 1969-1986-1994-2001-2010 Crabbit Old Woman ""Crabbit "", also variously titled ""Anyone called Derek"", ""Look Closer Nurse"", ""Kate"", ""Open Your Eyes"" or ""What Do You See?"", is a poem written in 1966 by Phyllis McCormack, then working as a nurse in Sunnyside Hospital, Montrose. The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is reflecting upon her life. ""Crabbit"""
"Rupert Brooke Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as ""Chaucer;"" 3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially ""The Soldier.” He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as ""the handsomest young man in England.” Brooke was born at 5 Hillmorton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, He was the third of four children of William Parker ""Willie"" Brooke, a schoolmaster (teacher), and Ruth Mary Brooke, née Cotterill, a school"
"""The Old Brigade""; ""The Deathless Army""; ""To the Front""; ""John Bull""; ""Darby and Joan""; ""When We are Old and Grey""; ""Auntie""; ""The Chimney Corner""; ""The Children's Home""; ""The Old Maids of Lee""; ""The Men of Ware""; ""The Devoted Apple""; ""To-morrow will be Friday""; ""Douglas Gordon""; ""Sleeping Tide""; ""The Star of Bethlehem""; ""Beauty's Eyes""; ""In Sweet September""; ""Bid me Good-bye""; ""The Last Watch""; ""London Bridge""; ""The King's Highway""; ""Go to Sea""; ""Veteran's Song""; ""Up from Somerset""; ""Beyond the Dawn""; ""Nirvana""; ""Mifanwy""; ""Sergeant of the Line""; ""Stone-cracker John""; ""Ailsa Mine""; ""Old Black Mare""; ""Coolan Dhu""; ""Three for Jack""; ""Bhoy I Love""; ""The"
"The Old Witch The Old Witch is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his 1894 book, ""More English Fairy Tales"". It is also included within ""A Book of Witches"" by Ruth Manning-Sanders and ""A Book of British Fairy Tales"" by Alan Garner. It is Aarne-Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls. Others of this type include ""Shita-kiri Suzume"", ""Diamonds and Toads"", ""Mother Hulda"", ""Father Frost"", ""The Three Little Men in the Wood"", ""The Enchanted Wreath"", ""The Three Heads in the Well"", and ""The Two Caskets"". Literary variants include ""The Three Fairies"" and ""Aurore and Aimée""."
"a more spare style and an anti-romantic poetic stance similar to that of Walter Savage Landor. The poem ""Adam's Curse"", however, continues to reflect the old ideals. This is also the most popular and frequently anthologized of the poems from this volume. The volume includes the playwright ""On Baile's Strand: A Play"". This is the opening poem of the book: The collection was reprinted in 1906 in ""Poems, 1899-1905"" with two additions. ""Old Memory"" and ""Never Give all the Heart"" appear directly after ""The Folly of being Comforted"". ""I made some of these poems walking about among the Seven Woods,"
"local beekeeper tend his hives. Soon after Nell begins working at The Orchard, Rupert Brooke becomes a resident. As he enjoys his summer working on papers for Cambridge societies and composing his poetry, Brooke leads a social life flirting with various women and enjoying the company of artists and other students. Brooke soon lusts for Nell, and his increased interest in her leads to unconventional encounters. They develop a friendship in which both Nell and Brooke hold secret admiration and love for the other, but are unable to express it because of social conventions. Brooke also desires to lose his"
"and borrowed, it must be owned, not a little of his methods. If any poem of Browning's may be compared to versified special correspondence, it is this. He tells the story, in his own person, in blank verse of admirable ease and fluency, from which every pretence of poetry is usually remote. It opens by setting the scene in the Norman village of Saint-Rambert amid countryside which the poet discusses with his friend Anne Thackeray, the dedicatee of the poem. Since she has jokingly named the locale ""White Cotton Night-Cap Country"", from the somnolence of the Calvados district and the"
"am, the wits of former days / To subjects worse have given admiring praise."" Sonnet 59 Sonnet 59 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It's a part of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. Sonnet 59 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The Shakespearean sonnet contains three quatrains followed by a final rhyming couplet. It follows the form's typical rhyme, ""abab cdcd efef gg"" and is written a type of poetic metre called iambic pentameter based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic"
"railway) versus Edward Blake (against). The physical tests throughout the poem are a battle between the forces of nature (the Canadian Shield is personified as a prehistoric monster) versus the combined might of the construction team headed by William Van Horne. In his introduction to Pratt's 1968 ""Selected Poems"", literary critic Peter Buitenhuis says of the piece: The poem ends with the famous driving home of the last spike at Craigellachie: When ""Towards the Last Spike"" appeared, Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye wrote that ""There would be much more to say about the poem if I had the space,"" Frye"
"The Old Vicarage in Hartburn is at heart a Northumbrian pele tower, with later additions including an 18th-century library wing added by Dr John Sharpe. The field opposite the old school and school house shows evidence of there being an ancient settlement, and old folklore says that the large solitary stone is what is left of the ancient village cross. Another local folklore tale is that the deep water of the Hart downstream from the Grotto is where the village baker secreted his money in a chest; to this day this deep pool is termed 'the Baker's Chest'. Hartburn War"
"maker of rhymes on the deck who is going to die, in the corner of some foreign field that will make him so famous, as the light temporarily shines to illumine his pages.” The poem is used as the theme for ""The Listener"" Crossword 4343, ""Bear, Bear Bearing"". The title hints at ""Rupert Brook-e"", and features from the poem are hidden in the grid. In the ""Blackadder Goes Forth"" episode ""Major Star"", Captain Blackadder says ""If I should die, think only this of me, I'll be back to get you."" In the film ""All the King's Men"" the poem is"
"""Appear in ancient bravery,"" ""Despising all base knavery,"" ""Which tends to bring in slavery,"" ""Souls worthy to live free."" ""Sound, sound the music, sound it,"" ""Fill up the glass and round wi't,"" ""Fill up the glass and round wi't,"" ""Health and Prosperity"" ""To our great chief and officers,"" ""To our president and counsellors,"" ""To all who like their brave forbears"" ""Delight in Archery."" Another volume of his poems appeared in 1728. Ramsay wrote little afterwards, though he published a few shorter poems, and new editions of his earlier work. A complete edition of his Poems appeared in London in 1731"