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Yes, Ode to Joy was written by Schiller and Beethoven turned in into “an instrumental”
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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Offline Thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English:
1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven
6. Tolkien
7. Baudelaire
8. Dante
9. Paul McCartney
10. Chaucer (if Middle English qualifies)
11. Victor Hugo
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Yes, Ode to Joy was written by Schiller and Beethoven turned in into “an instrumental”
LVB did contribute a couple of lines to the Schiller poem when setting it to music, so I figured to include him on a technicality. (But yeah, I was primarily riffing on Ringo’s joke.) Anyways…
Thirteen well-known poets who wrote (or sang, like Homer) in languages other than English:
1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven
6. Tolkien
7. Baudelaire
8. Dante
9. Paul McCartney
10. Chaucer (if Middle English qualifies)
11. Victor Hugo
12. Paul Verlaine
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15 May 2014
Offline 1. Homer
2. Rabbie Burns
3. Friedrich Schiller
4. Jorge Luis Borges
5. Beethoven
6. Tolkien
7. Baudelaire
8. Dante
9. Paul McCartney
10. Chaucer (if Middle English qualifies)
11. Victor Hugo
12. Paul Verlaine
13. Paul Éluard
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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15 May 2014
Offline Thirteen poets then –although I’m not too happy with some of the names included in the list. The following list ought to be easier folks: Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
- H. P. Lovecraft.
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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- H. P. Lovecraft.
- Sergeant Sprinkles
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Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
- H. P. Lovecraft.
- Sergeant Sprinkles
- R. L. Stine
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
10.39pm
15 May 2014
Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
- H. P. Lovecraft.
- Sergeant Sprinkles
- R. L. Stine
- E. A. Poe
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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17 December 2012
Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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1 November 2013
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2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
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Oudis11.13pm
15 May 2014
Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
8. Stephen King
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
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17 December 2012
Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
8. Stephen King
9. Robert Louis Stevenson
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Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
8. Stephen King
9. Robert Louis Stevenson
10. Shirley Jackson
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Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
8. Stephen King
9. Robert Louis Stevenson
10. Shirley Jackson
11. James Herbet
The Beatles are English - They have influences from all over - but they are English
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Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
8. Stephen King
9. Robert Louis Stevenson
10. Shirley Jackson
11. James Herbet
12. Dean Koontz
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
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20 January 2015
Offline Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
8. Stephen King
9. Robert Louis Stevenson
10. Shirley Jackson
11. James Herbet
12. Dean Koontz
13. Dennis Wheatley
Now I want 13 Beatles Songs that start on the drums..
The Beatles are English - They have influences from all over - but they are English
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17 December 2012
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Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.
1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
8. Stephen King
9. Robert Louis Stevenson
10. Shirley Jackson
11. James Herbet
12. Dean Koontz
13. Sheridan Le Fanu
EDIT: Damn! Just beaten to it! And I had such a good idea…
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14 April 2010
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Ahhh Girl, parlanceTo the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
6.44pm
20 January 2015
Offline Ron Nasty said
Thirteen writers. Genre? Horror.1. H. P. Lovecraft
2. Sergeant Sprinkles
3. R. L. Stine
4. E. A. Poe
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
6. Thomas Harris
7. Abraham “Bram” Stoker
8. Stephen King
9. Robert Louis Stevenson10. Shirley Jackson
11. James Herbet
12. Dean Koontz
13. Sheridan Le FanuEDIT: Damn! Just beaten to it! And I had such a good idea…
Sorry Ron – I won’t take Number 13 again. Not for a while anyway.
The Beatles are English - They have influences from all over - but they are English
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