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James Thomson (poet, born 1834)
Should there be a classic period to art hereafter, its Pheidias may produce such faces. The view of life as a thing to be put up with, replacing that zest for existence which was so intense in early civilisations, must ultimately enter so thoroughly into the constitution of the advanced races that its facial expression will become accepted as a new artistic departure.
People already feel that a man who lives without disturbing a curve of feature, or setting a mark of mental concern anywhere upon himself, is too far removed from modern perceptiveness to be a modern type. Physically beautiful men--the glory of the race when it was young--are almost an anachronism now; and we may wonder whether, at some time or other, physically beautiful women may not be an anachronism likewise.
What the Greeks only suspected we know well; what their Aeschylus imagined our nursery children feel. That old-fashioned revelling in the general situation grows less and less possible as we uncover the defects of natural laws, and see the quandary that man is in by their operation.
The moving moon and stars from east to west Circle before her in the sea of air; Shadows and gleams glide round her solemn rest. Her subjects often gaze up to her there: The strong to drink new strength of iron endurance, The weak new terrors; all, renewed assurance And confirmation of the old despair. Moonrise at Galveston, Texas, June 6, Time exposure photo by Grady McAllister. The statue is the memorial to the victims of the Galveston Storm , the deadliest natural disaster to ever strike the United States.
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Based out of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, we maintain this link because it helped inspire our Thomson site. Contact the James Thomson Poetry Works. Excellent work re your James Thomson web site. I came across it through trying to answer a crossword clue and very pleased that I did.
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As a lifelong insomniac and lover of Gothic poetry and transgressive literature of all types, I'm sure I could supply you with a few choice quotes about the terrible hours before dawn. However, in response to your request about any errant typos, I noticed you have misspelt 'accomplished' and I may be wrong, but isn't it 'Wandering Minstrels' rather than 'Wondering'? Anyway, keep up the good work. I live in London and go for many a late night stroll around the old part of The City and down to the Embankment of the Thames.
I will think of you as accompanying me in spirit on my next excursion! With best wishes, Fiona. You were right about there being a misspelling for the word "accomplished. I used the word "wondering" because that is the word a web site uses to refer to itself.
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It appears to be a play on words. The Wondering Minstrels s a place where you can look up poems. It was originally sponsored by the computer science department of Rice University, the most widely respected academic institution in the Houston area. The Wondering Minstrels site is now a Blogspot site hosted by Google. I have recordings of Thomas reading his poems, but once in a while I want to be able to read the text.
The Dylan Thomas American Caedmon recordings in the early 50's helped pioneer the idea of spoken word recordings. It is a type of audio I have been involved with all my life. Like James Thomson, Dylan Thomas had a significant drinking problem which greatly shortened his life. Nonetheless, Thomas could read poems, other people's as well as his own, in a style that was truly majestic.
The only reason I don't imitate him is that I would sound odd declaiming with a Welsh accent in Texas. That Caedmon box set was one of the best audio buys I ever made.
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It came with eleven CD's. It has numerous BBC recordings along with the Caedmon materials that Thomas recorded shortly before he died. Like the poet himself, this web site stays up all night. On his return Talbot arranged for him to become a secretary in chancery , which gave him financial security until Talbot's death in Meanwhile, there appeared his next major work, Liberty In , he collaborated with Mallet on the masque Alfred which was first performed at Cliveden , the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Thomson's words for " Rule Britannia ", written as part of that masque and set to music by Thomas Arne , became one of the best-known British patriotic songs — quite apart from the masque which is now virtually forgotten.
He had also introduced him to George Lyttelton , who became his friend and patron. In later years, Thomson lived in Richmond upon Thames , and it was there that he wrote his final work The Castle of Indolence , which was published just before his untimely death on 27 August Johnson writes about Thomson's death, "by taking cold on the water between London and Kew, he caught a disorder, which, with some careless exasperation, ended in a fever that put end to his life". Mary Magdalene church in Richmond.
A dispute over the publishing rights to one of his works, The Seasons , gave rise to two important legal decisions Millar v. Taylor ; Donaldson v. Beckett in the history of copyright. This translation formed the basis for a work with the same title by Gottfried van Swieten , which became the libretto for Haydn 's oratorio The Seasons.
Thomson is one of the sixteen Scottish poets and writers appearing on the Scott Monument on Princes Street in Edinburgh. He appears on the right side of the east face. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the 18th-century poet. For the 19th-century poet, see James Thomson poet, born For the weaver poet of the same name, see James Thomson weaver poet. Lives of the English Poets.
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