Holy Sonnets, also called Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets, series of 19 devotional poems by John Donne that were published posthumously in 1633 in the first edition of Songs and Sonnets. The Holy Sonnets—also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets—are a series of nineteen poems by the English…
It was delivered during a period of escalating tensions between East PakistanEast PakistanEast Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which nowadays is split up between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and…
In Memory of W. B. Yeats by W. H. Auden – Poems | poets.org. ‘ In Memory of W.B. Yeats ’ by W. H. Auden is a complex look at Yeats’ life, death, and the power, or lack thereof, that poetry has to change the world. The first part of…
Author of 13 Hours stands by account depicted in Benghazi film. Zuckoff collaborated on his book, 13 Hours, with some of the surviving security contractors. “It’s not credible what he’s claiming,” Zuckoff said of the station chief, whom he said he had tried to interview when writing the book. Thirteen…
The Constitution of Japan (Shinjitai: 日本国憲法 Kyūjitai: 日本國憲法, Nihon-Koku Kenpō) is the fundamental law of Japan. It was enacted on May 3, 1947, as a new constitution for a post-war Japan. The Constitution of Japan Project 2004. Rethinking the Constitution: An Anthology of Japanese Opinion. Trans. by F. Uleman. Kawasaki,…
Ain-i-Akbari is a 16th-century, detailed document recording the administration of emperor Akbar’s empire written by Abul FazlAbul FazlAbu’l Faḍl (Arabic: ابوالفضل) is an Arabic male given name which also occurs in place-names. It means father of virtue. It is variously transliterated as Abu’l-Fadl, Abu’l-Fazl, Abul Fazal etc. It is also…
After lengthy correspondence with Joseph Lockwood at EMI, the BBC banned the song for what they believed to be a drug reference in just one line … In fact, another song on Sgt. Pepper [i.e, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”] did slip under the BBC’s radar. “Lucy in the…
Who wrote the ‘Happy Birthday’ song? The melody to ‘Happy Birthday to You’ dates back to the 1890s, when Louisville schoolteacher Patty Hill and her sister, Mildred, composed a song that would be simple enough to sing with Patty’s kindergarten students. The original lyrics that accompanied the familiar ‘Happy Birthday’…
“Made in America” is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Toby Keith. It was released in June 2011 as the first single from his 2011 album Clancy’s Tavern. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October…
Written and produced by Max Martin and Denniz PoP, “Everybody” is one of the Backstreet Boys’ most successful singles to date, reaching #4 in the US Billboard Hot 100, running 22 weeks, and #3 in the UK Singles Chart. ” Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) ” is a song by American boy…