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Letters And Diary Of Alan Seeger

by Alan Seeger ...

"I HAVE a rendezvous with DeathAt some disputed barricade,When Spring comes back with rustling shadeAnd apple-blossoms fill the airI have a rendezvous with DeathWhen Spring brings back blue days and fair"The above unfortunately prophetic lines were written by the famed war poet Alan Seeger months before his death at the hands of German fire during the infamous slaughter of the battle of the Somme ... Read more

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"I HAVE a rendezvous with DeathAt some disputed barricade,When Spring comes back with rustling shadeAnd apple-blossoms fill the airI have a rendezvous with DeathWhen Spring brings back blue days and fair"The above unfortunately prophetic lines were written by the famed war poet Alan Seeger months before his death at the hands of German fire during the infamous slaughter of the battle of the Somme
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Poems

Enriched edition. Reflections of Love and Nature: A Poetic Journey through Life's Beauty and Melancholy

by Alan Seeger, Ethan West ...

In "Poems," Alan Seeger presents a collection that intricately weaves themes of love, longing, and the fleeting nature of existence, expressing a profound sense of beauty amid the tragedy of life. The literary style is marked by lyrical intensity, vivid imagery, and a romantic sensibility reflective of the early 20th century, grounded in modernist ideals. Seeger's poetry often resonates with the ... Read more

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In "Poems," Alan Seeger presents a collection that intricately weaves themes of love, longing, and the fleeting nature of existence, expressing a profound sense of beauty amid the tragedy of life. The literary style is marked by lyrical intensity, vivid imagery, and a romantic sensibility reflective of the early 20th century, grounded in modernist ideals. Seeger's poetry often resonates with the
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Poems

by Alan Seeger ...

Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist. He is best known for the poem I Have a Rendezvous with Death, a favorite of President John F. Kennedy. A statue representing him is on the monument ... Read more

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Alan Seeger (22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme, serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the brother of Charles Seeger, a noted American pacifist and musicologist. He is best known for the poem I Have a Rendezvous with Death, a favorite of President John F. Kennedy. A statue representing him is on the monument
... Read more
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Alan Seeger: The Selected Poetry

by Alan Seeger ...

Narrated by Nathan Osgood ...

Unabridged

41 min

'I have a rendezvous with Death / At midnight in some flaming town … It may be he shall take my hand / And lead me into his dark land.'This stunning collection of poetry features Alan Seeger's most notable works, illustrating his talent for vivid, lyrical verse and his deeply moving explorations of love, war and morality.Seeger, who enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in World War I, was ... Read more

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'I have a rendezvous with Death / At midnight in some flaming town … It may be he shall take my hand / And lead me into his dark land.'This stunning collection of poetry features Alan Seeger's most notable works, illustrating his talent for vivid, lyrical verse and his deeply moving explorations of love, war and morality.Seeger, who enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in World War I, was
... Read more
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Poetry of Alan Seeger, The

Poems from the Harvard graduate who tragically died fighting in World War One, serving in the French Foreign Legion.

by Alan Seeger ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Danny Swopes ...

Unabridged

1 hour 11 min

Alan Seeger was born on 22nd June 1888 in New York. When he was one the family moved to Staten Island and nine years later onwards to Mexico for two years.After attending several elite preparatory schools he enrolled at Harvard in 1906, where he also edited and wrote for the Harvard Monthly.He graduated in 1910 and went to live the life of a bohemian in New York’s Greenwich Village, and thereafter ... Read more

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Alan Seeger was born on 22nd June 1888 in New York. When he was one the family moved to Staten Island and nine years later onwards to Mexico for two years.After attending several elite preparatory schools he enrolled at Harvard in 1906, where he also edited and wrote for the Harvard Monthly.He graduated in 1910 and went to live the life of a bohemian in New York’s Greenwich Village, and thereafter
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Poets of the Early 20th Century, The - Volume 2

Find beauty and hope in a period ravaged worldwide by war

by Edna St Vincent Millay, Wilfred Owen, T S Eliot, Alan Seeger, Alun Lewis, Anna Akhmatova, Dorothy Parker, George Orwell, Ivor Gurney, Katherine Mansfield, Langston Hughes ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

In England the Victorian Age was about to become the past and a new age of worldwide wars of horror and slaughter would envelop and decimate generations, forever staining mankind.The Century would see the World discover strengths. The Democracies would stand firm against Fascism and later Communism yet still keep its own elite and privileged in power and the rest of us underfoot.The World was more ... Read more

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In England the Victorian Age was about to become the past and a new age of worldwide wars of horror and slaughter would envelop and decimate generations, forever staining mankind.The Century would see the World discover strengths. The Democracies would stand firm against Fascism and later Communism yet still keep its own elite and privileged in power and the rest of us underfoot.The World was more
... Read more
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Poets & Their Inner Demons – Dead Before 30

Poems by poets all linked by suffering similar issues

by John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Wilfred Owen, Christopher Marlowe, Emily Bronte, Thomas Chatterton, Arthur Rimbaud, Stephen Crane, Phyllis Wheatley, Isaac Rosenberg, Rupert Brooke, Amy Levy, Alfred Lichtenstein, Charles Sorley, Alan Seeger ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

The stereotypical image of a poet is one of unknown talent starving in a garret and who’s faithfulness and legacy to the art is discovered only after their death.In some cases this is undoubtedly true, but Poets being human and with the same building blocks of physical and mental health as the rest of us, also had the same afflictions and problems as the rest of us.The long roll call of names and ... Read more

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The stereotypical image of a poet is one of unknown talent starving in a garret and who’s faithfulness and legacy to the art is discovered only after their death.In some cases this is undoubtedly true, but Poets being human and with the same building blocks of physical and mental health as the rest of us, also had the same afflictions and problems as the rest of us.The long roll call of names and
... Read more
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Born in the USA - Exploring America in Poems - The New York City Poets

A celebration of American poetry

by Emma Lazarus, Alan Seeger, Herman Melville, George Arnold, Edith Wharton, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, Alfred Kreymborg, Jupiter Hammon, Julia Ward Howe, Henry James ...

Narrated by John-Michael MacDonald, Ghizela Rowe, Michael Killaney ...

Unabridged

1 hour 10 min

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

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Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more
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Born in the USA - Exploring America in Poems - The New York State Poets

A celebration of American poetry

by Emma Lazarus, Alan Seeger, Herman Melville, George Arnold, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, Alfred Kreymborg, Jupiter Hammon, Julia Ward Howe, Henry James ...

Narrated by John-Michael MacDonald, Lorelei King, Danny Swopes ...

Unabridged

1 hour 43 min

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

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Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets – Born in New York City, The

Five poems each from some of the New York born poets ever

by Philip Freneau, Emma Lazarus, Alan Seeger, Alice Duer Miller, Julia Ward Howe, Henrietta Cordelia Ray, Alfred Kreymborg, Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, George Arnold ...

Narrated by Kelly Burke, John-Michael MacDonald, Michael Lyons ...

Unabridged

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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I Have a Rendezvous with Death (Unabridged)

by Alan Seeger ...

Narrated by Howard Alvine, Fred Yamashiro, Scotty Todd ...

Unabridged

27 min

In the trenches of World War I, amidst the deafening roar of artillery and the suffocating stench of death, a young American poet named Alan Seeger pens a haunting sonnet that will forever immortalize his name. "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" is a poignant and evocative masterpiece that captures the raw emotions of a soldier facing his own mortality. As the battle rages around him, Seeger ... Read more

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In the trenches of World War I, amidst the deafening roar of artillery and the suffocating stench of death, a young American poet named Alan Seeger pens a haunting sonnet that will forever immortalize his name. "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" is a poignant and evocative masterpiece that captures the raw emotions of a soldier facing his own mortality. As the battle rages around him, Seeger
... Read more

The Poetry Of HP Lovecraft

by HP Lovecraft ...

The Poetry Of HP Lovecraft. Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at the American writer HP Lovecraft who in the following poems is seen to be a gifted and accomplished poet. There are rather few ... Read more

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The Poetry Of HP Lovecraft. Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at the American writer HP Lovecraft who in the following poems is seen to be a gifted and accomplished poet. There are rather few
... Read more

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