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George Moses Horton (c. 1798–after 1867), was an African-American poet from North Carolina who was enslaved until Union troops, carrying the Emancipation Proclamation, reached North Carolina (1865). Horton is the first African-American author to be published in the United States. ( Phillis Wheatley 's poetry was published earlier, in the ...
The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England. " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
In 1883, English painter Walter Langley created "For Men Must Work and Women Must Weep", a watercolour painting based on Kingsley's poem. The song (as arranged by Hullah) was a frequently sung by popular vocalists such as Antoinette Sterling and Charlotte Sainton-Dolby , each of whom gave distinctly different interpretations.
Paul Revere's Ride. "Paul Revere's Ride" was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1861. " Paul Revere's Ride " is an 1860 poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, although with significant inaccuracies. It was first published in the January 1861 issue ...
The 1883 guest star celebrated her Oscar-winning husband's birthday on July 9, and Rita went on Instagram to publicly voice how much she loves and appreciates having Tom in her life. Posting an ...
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May 23 – Cyprian Norwid, 61 (born 1821 ), Polish -born. June 14. Charles Timothy Brooks, 96, American poet and translator. Edward Fitzgerald, 74, English poet and translator, best known for his translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. After 1883 – George Moses Horton (born c. 1797 ), African- American.
4/4/1883 La nuit "The Night: a Nightmare" Gil Blas 6/14/1887 En mer "At Sea" Gil Blas 2/12/1883 Maufrigneuse Au bord du lit At the edge of the bed Gil Blas 10/23/1883 Maufrigneuse Réveil Awakening Gil Blas 2/20/1883 Maufrigneuse Le baptême Baptism Le Gaulois 1/14/1884 Le baptême Baptism Gil Blas 1/13/1885 La baronne The baroness Gil Blas