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A Light in the Attic is a book of poems by American poet, writer, and musician Shel Silverstein. The book consists of 135 poems accompanied by illustrations also created by Silverstein. [1] It was first published by Harper & Row Junior Books in 1981 and was a bestseller for months after its publication, [2] but it has also been the subject of ...
She recorded the song in April 1971, making it the title song for her Coat of Many Colors album. The song reached #4 on the U.S. country singles charts. Parton performed this song in April 1970, and was recorded for her album, "A Real Live Dolly", though it wasn't released in the album. It was released as a bonus track on Parton's career ...
Over the River and Through the Wood. "Grandfather's House" also known as the Paul Curtis House in Medford, MA. " The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day ", [1] [2] also known as " Over the River and Through the Woods ", [3] is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child, [3] originally published in 1844 in Flowers for Children, Volume 2.
The poem was put to song by country music stars Tex Ritter for his 1959 Blood on the Saddle album and Hank Snow on his Tales of the Yukon album (1968). The poem was the inspiration for The Face on the Barroom Floor painting by Herndon Davis in the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colorado, and that painting inspired a chamber opera by Henry ...
my mother sat me on her hip. She carried me, muddy foam. striking her knees, then her waist, before she reached high ground, where. neighbors waited to help us. ___ Once, my aunt ran down the road ...
Gone From My Sight. " Gone From My Sight ", also known as the " Parable of Immortality " and " What Is Dying " is a poem (or prose poem) presumably written by the Rev. Luther F. Beecher (1813–1903), cousin of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. At least three publications credit the poem to Luther Beecher in printings shortly after ...
Reading of "Nothing Gold Can Stay". " Nothing Gold Can Stay " is a short poem written by Robert Frost in 1923 and published in The Yale Review in October of that year. It was later published in the collection New Hampshire (1923), [1] which earned Frost the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The poem lapsed into public domain in 2019. [2]
On the Ning Nang Nong. " On the Ning Nang Nong " is a poem by the comedian Spike Milligan featured in his 1959 book Silly Verse For Kids. [1] In 1998 it was voted the UK's favourite comic poem in a nationwide poll, ahead of other nonsense poems by poets such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. [2]