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== Battle Hymn of the Republic == | == Battle Hymn of the Republic == | ||
| − | Written by [[Julia W. Howe]] during the [[Civil War]], it was the product of an inspiration that awoke her before dawn:<ref>http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/h/bhymnotr.htm</ref> | + | Written by [[Julia W. Howe]] during the [[Civil War]], it was the product of an inspiration that awoke her before dawn:<ref>[http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/h/bhymnotr.htm ''Cyberhymnal.org'']</ref> |
:"I awoke in the grey of the morning, and as I lay waiting for dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to entwine themselves in my mind, and I said to myself, “I must get up and write these verses, lest I fall asleep and forget them!” So I sprang out of bed and in the dimness found an old stump of a pen, which I remembered using the day before. I scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper. | :"I awoke in the grey of the morning, and as I lay waiting for dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to entwine themselves in my mind, and I said to myself, “I must get up and write these verses, lest I fall asleep and forget them!” So I sprang out of bed and in the dimness found an old stump of a pen, which I remembered using the day before. I scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper. | ||
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| + | ==The [[Star Spangled Banner]]== | ||
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| + | Lyrics written by [[Francis Scott Key]] in 1814 during the Battle of Baltimore. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 01:21, November 7, 2009
This is a list of "inspired songs" - songs that resulted from a moment of unique inspiration to the author:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Written by Julia W. Howe during the Civil War, it was the product of an inspiration that awoke her before dawn:[1]
- "I awoke in the grey of the morning, and as I lay waiting for dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to entwine themselves in my mind, and I said to myself, “I must get up and write these verses, lest I fall asleep and forget them!” So I sprang out of bed and in the dimness found an old stump of a pen, which I remembered using the day before. I scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper.
The Star Spangled Banner
Lyrics written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the Battle of Baltimore.