Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Now they sing out his praises on every distant shore
But so few remember what he was fightin' for”
"Bound For Glory" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/bound-for-glory.html from All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964) <br class="br">Lyrics <br class="br">Context: Now they sing out his praises on every distant shore<br>But so few remember what he was fightin' for<br>Oh why sing the songs and forget about the aim?<br>He wrote them for a reason, why not sing them for the same?
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American protest singer and songwriter 1940–1976Related quotes
“His cold remains all naked to the sky,
On distant shores unwept, unburied lie.”
XI. 72–73 (tr. Alexander Pope); of Elpenor.
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Austrian composer
The libretto of an 18th-century oratorio by Joseph Haydn states in praise of Jehovah. Source: The Watchtower magazine, article: Praise the King of Eternity!, 4/1, 1996.
Allen Mandelbaum (1926–2011) American poet and professor of literature, translator from Latin and Italian
Book I, lines 1–4
The Aeneid of Virgil (1971)
“I remember too, a distant bell…
and stars that fell…
like the rain
out of the blue.”
Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) American lyricist, songwriter, singer and music professional
Song "I Remember You" (1941)
John Buchan book Salute to Adventurers
Source: Salute to Adventurers (1915), Ch. 16 "The Ford of the Rapidan"
