George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter
To the Memory of Some I knew Who are Dead and Who Loved Ireland (1917)
Pig
Before These Crowded Streets (1998)
George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter
To the Memory of Some I knew Who are Dead and Who Loved Ireland (1917)
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
Speech at Eyre Square, Galway, Ireland (29 June 1963)
1963
“Yet leaving here a name, I trust,
That will not perish in the dust.”
Robert Southey (1774–1843) British poet
My Days Among the Dead Are Past, st. 4.
Cat Stevens (1948) British singer-songwriter
On The Road To Find Out
Song lyrics, Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) English novelist and poet
" Waiting Both http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Thomas_Hardy/9302, lines 1-5, from Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles (1925)
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) Polish writer
Openess
Poems New and Collected (1998), Calling Out to Yeti (1957)
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Tiny Dancer
Song lyrics, Madman Across the Water (1971)