O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness.
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.
-- Lines 9–16, "Pikes Peak", the original name of
Katharine Lee Bates' poem, first published on July 4 and later set to music and known as "
America the Beautiful"
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France).
April 3–5 – Libel case of Wilde v Queensberry at the
Old Bailey in London: Queensberry is acquitted. Evidence of Wilde's
homosexual relationships with young men renders him liable to criminal prosecution under the
Labouchere Amendment, while the
Libel Act 1843 renders him legally liable for the considerable expenses Queensberry has incurred in his defence, leaving Wilde penniless.
April 6 – Wilde is arrested at the
Cadogan Hotel, London, for "unlawfully committing acts of gross indecency with certain male persons" and detained on
remand in
Holloway Prison.
May 25 – Criminal case of Regina v. Wilde: After a retrial at the Old Bailey, Wilde is convicted of gross indecency and is taken to
Pentonville Prison to begin his two years' sentence of
hard labour.[3]
November 21 – Wilde is transferred to
Reading Gaol.
Katharine Lee Bates, "Pikes Peak" a poem later set to music and becoming known as "
America the Beautiful", originally published in the July 4 edition of The Congregationalist, a church periodical
Władysław Mickiewicz, Vie d'Adam Mickiewicz ("Life of Adam Mickiewicz"), four volumes, Poznań,
Poland, published beginning
1890 through this year; published by the poet's son
^
abcdefgLudwig, Richard M.; Nault, Clifford A. Jr. (1986). "Preface". Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983. New York: Oxford University Press. p. vi. If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year.
^Paniker, Ayyappa (1992).
"Modern Malayalam Literature". In George, K. M. (ed.). Modern Indian Literature: an Anthology. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 231–255.
ISBN9788172013240. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness.
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.
-- Lines 9–16, "Pikes Peak", the original name of
Katharine Lee Bates' poem, first published on July 4 and later set to music and known as "
America the Beautiful"
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France).
April 3–5 – Libel case of Wilde v Queensberry at the
Old Bailey in London: Queensberry is acquitted. Evidence of Wilde's
homosexual relationships with young men renders him liable to criminal prosecution under the
Labouchere Amendment, while the
Libel Act 1843 renders him legally liable for the considerable expenses Queensberry has incurred in his defence, leaving Wilde penniless.
April 6 – Wilde is arrested at the
Cadogan Hotel, London, for "unlawfully committing acts of gross indecency with certain male persons" and detained on
remand in
Holloway Prison.
May 25 – Criminal case of Regina v. Wilde: After a retrial at the Old Bailey, Wilde is convicted of gross indecency and is taken to
Pentonville Prison to begin his two years' sentence of
hard labour.[3]
November 21 – Wilde is transferred to
Reading Gaol.
Katharine Lee Bates, "Pikes Peak" a poem later set to music and becoming known as "
America the Beautiful", originally published in the July 4 edition of The Congregationalist, a church periodical
Władysław Mickiewicz, Vie d'Adam Mickiewicz ("Life of Adam Mickiewicz"), four volumes, Poznań,
Poland, published beginning
1890 through this year; published by the poet's son
^
abcdefgLudwig, Richard M.; Nault, Clifford A. Jr. (1986). "Preface". Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983. New York: Oxford University Press. p. vi. If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year.
^Paniker, Ayyappa (1992).
"Modern Malayalam Literature". In George, K. M. (ed.). Modern Indian Literature: an Anthology. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 231–255.
ISBN9788172013240. Retrieved 2009-01-10.