Tag Archives: Great Britain

1956: The Hound of Heaven

Posted on August 10, 2019 by

In 1893, English poet Francis Thompson published a poem called “The Hound of Heaven.” The work is an extended metaphor: as a hound pursues a hare in a hunt, so does God pursue the human soul to restore it to … Continue reading →

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1784: Whimsical Associations

Posted on July 12, 2019 by

From Paul Fussell’s Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (1965): “In ‘The Poplar Field’ …William Cowper…unwittingly allows the whimsical associations of triple meter to work against him.” The poplars are felled, farewell to the shade And the whispering sound of the … Continue reading →

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1944: The Drop

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Albert Richards: The Drop (1944)

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1890: Pig Disturber

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

William Weekes: Pigs Disturbed by a Hen; I made up the date.

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1943: Balloon Site

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

Laura Knight: A Balloon Site, Coventry (1943)

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1899: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord

Posted on May 7, 2019 by

Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord (1899); from the Prayer of Azariah, a passage that appears in the book of Daniel in some versions of the Christian Bible: … Continue reading →

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1891: May Day

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

Happy May Day! Walter Crane: The Triumph of Labour (1891)

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