Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Austrian Romantic composer
Letter to Leopold Mozart (Paris, 29 April 1778), from Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words by Friedrich Kerst, trans. Henry Edward Krehbiel (1906)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Austrian Romantic composer
Letter to Leopold Mozart (Paris, 29 April 1778), from Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words by Friedrich Kerst, trans. Henry Edward Krehbiel (1906)
Sydney Carter (1915–2004) British musician and poet
Written as an epitaph based upon his lyrics to "Lord of the Dance".
“Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long.”
Abigail Adams (1744–1818) 2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801)
Last words in a letter to John Adams, as quoted in Famous Last Words (1961) by Barnaby Conrad
Bruce Springsteen (1949) American singer and songwriter
"Hunter of Invisible Game"
Song lyrics, High Hopes (2014)
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), p. 375
“When it all comes down to dust I will kill you if I must, I will help you if I can.”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
"Story of Isaac"
Songs from a Room (1969)
Context: When it all comes down to dust I will kill you if I must, I will help you if I can.
When it all comes down to dust I will help you if I must, I will kill you if I can.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer
Introduction http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/frankenstein/1831v1/intro.html to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) sixth President of India
in 1989 - towards the end of his Presidential term <br class="br">Source: Pranab Mukherjee Press Information Bureau in: Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the concluding function of the centenary celebrations of the former President of India, Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102099, Press Information Bureau, Government of India President's Secretariat
“My nearest
And dearest enemy.”
Thomas Middleton Anything for a Quiet Life
Anything for a Quiet Life (1621), Act v. Sc. 1. Compare: "Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven, Or ever I had seen that day", Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 2.