Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Joyce Kilmer

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Topic

God and man Creativity Trees

Author

Joyce Kilmer

Source

Trees

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Kilmer, Joyce. "Trees." Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, 1913, I. 11.

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If I should die, think only this of me:
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The Soldier

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World War I

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Rupert Brooke
Source
The Soldier
Medium
Poem
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Soldier." 1914 and Other Poems. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915, I. 1.

Current Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Soldier." The Poems of Rupert Brooke. Dover Publications, 2020, I. 1.

Another quote about God and man

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Topic
God and man Salvation

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Soren Kierkegaard
Source
Journals of Soren Kierkegaard
Medium
Personal journal
Language
Danish
Time
1838 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Journal entry. 7 July 1838.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. The Journals of Kierkegaard, translated by Alexander Dru. Harper Torch, 1959.

Another quote from 1913

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Willa Cather

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Topic
Nature of history History Nations

Author

Willa Cather
Source
O Pioneers!
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 5.