Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- August 27 – James Thomson, 47 (born 1700), Scots poet and playwright who wrote the words to Rule Britannia
- November 25 – Isaac Watts (born 1674), English hymnist, called the "Father of English Hymnody"
- Also:
- Mohammed Awzal (born 1670), Moroccan religious Berber poet
- Antoine Danchet (born 1671), French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet
- Christopher Pitt (born 1699), English poet and translator
Read more about this topic: 1748 In Poetry
Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
Before he came to meet his own!”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“This is the 184th Demonstration.
...
What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
we do not break the panes of safety glass
stretching between people on the street
and the deaths they hire.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)