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Vale of tears. Gustave Doré - The Vale of Tears. " Vale of tears " ( Latin: vallis lacrimarum) is a Christian phrase referring to the tribulations of life that Christian doctrine says are left behind only when one leaves the world and enters Heaven. The phrase appears in some translations of Psalm 84:6, which describes those strengthened by ...
Musically, "Lover, You Should've Come Over" is a folk-pop [1] and soul ballad. [2] The song has a length of 6:43, [3] and is composed in 6. 8 time and the key of D major. It moves at a tempo of 120 beats per minute, and Buckley's vocal range spans more than two octaves, from B 3 to D 6. [4] The song begins with an "ethereal, droning" [5 ...
When I Have Fears. " When I Have Fears " is an Elizabethan sonnet by the English Romantic poet John Keats. The 14-line poem is written in iambic pentameter and consists of three quatrains and a couplet. Keats wrote the poem between 22 and 31 January 1818. [1] It was published (posthumously) in 1848 in Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of ...
Illustration from Christ's Object Lessons by Ellen Gould Harmon White, c. 1900. The Parable of the Weeds or Tares ( KJV: tares, WNT: darnel, DRB: cockle) is a parable of Jesus which appears in Matthew 13:24–43. The parable relates how servants eager to pull up weeds were warned that in so doing they would root out the wheat as well and were ...
Music video. "Love Is a Battlefield" on YouTube. " Love Is a Battlefield " is a song by American singer Pat Benatar, recorded and released on September 12, 1983, as a single from Benatar's live album Live from Earth (1983), though the song itself was a studio recording. It was written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman.
Tears in rain monologue. Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) during the scene in the Final Cut of Blade Runner. " Tears in rain " is a 42-word monologue, consisting of the last words of character Roy Batty (portrayed by Rutger Hauer) in the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. Written by David Peoples and altered by Hauer, [1] [2] [3] the ...
This distinction is evident in the etymology of the words: simile derives from the Latin word similis ("similar, like"), while metaphor derives from the Greek word metapherein ("to transfer"). As in the case of metaphors, the thing that is being compared is called the tenor, and the thing it is being compared to is called the vehicle. [6]
Una furtiva lagrima" (A furtive tear) is the romanza from act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti. It is sung by Nemorino when it appears that the love potion he bought to win the heart of his dream lady, Adina, is working. He loves Adina, but she is not interested in an innocent, rustic man such as he.