of also praises account fighting in longfellow's saga. likes civil r he war poetry, he loves that the powers by walt whitman, braveheart, longfellow. for their rating of the civil war. he was able to memorise and from the civil an example of two standards that he memorised about the civil war which gives his feelings of about war. you marching soldiers with banners. we are marching south to battle for the lord. capt leads your army? the great from israel. the blow before the rubble war puppets of the north. when they are scattered, and they all fall flat. will see to that. the world is freedom and have the world's own. has led us the lord to sweep the rebel floors. ". this is a poem written from the point of view of the north, the victors. full of biblically imagery. side of the e north, they're going to go down south and conquer and service people free. the poem is full of what we call triumphalism. it does not admit much room for fourth analysis. concern for those who suffer and requirements by truth of action and consequence, are burie

schiller, scott, longfellow, kipling, shelley, or tennyson. and again, emerson or browning or whitman. sometimes our wishes are to reed for the sake of contrast. when i live in -- i often carried the volumes of swinburne, frying pan bread, and the infrequent washing of sweat drenched clothing. on top of everything else, teddy roosevelt was an excellent writer as a. i think you will notice the vividness of his writing. the main thing about his statement is that the variety of poets that he mentions he lists 16 poets from the ancient world throughout history up to his age that he likes to reed. they come from the classical world of england america germany. together they represent a vast cross-section of the literature of poetry. they represent historical periods. every style of poetry to rhyming couplets to free verse, and every type of home from narrative to lyric. roosevelt was an intelligent -- intelligent reader of poetry. if we went around the room now and i asked you to name your 16 favorite poets that you refer to from time to time, i wou

it happened just a few hours ago on 14th and longfellow streets. paramedics rushed one victim to the hospital, and police are out looking for two suspects. >>> police are also warning residents in northwest d.c. to stay alert after some man pulled off a string of armed robberies in georgetown. the men had guns and they've also targeted people in cathedral heights and along idaho avenue. they are holding people up for their smartphones and cash. derrick ward is live in northwest. what are you hearing from police out there? >> what we're hearing is they are putting the word out this is happening. this is kind of a residential neighborhood. a lot of people on food and especially late at night. people think that they want to get the word out because these two robbers are just getting a little too comfortable operating in this part of town. >> one of the latest victims that recently spent time in rio de janeiro, a great city with a reputation. >> nothing ever happened. i was also prepared and nothing happened. >> reporter: it wasn't until he came here t

authorities expelled them, as threats to colonial rule, a story immortalized in henry wadsworth longfellow's epic poem "evangeline." later many acadians eventually ended up settling in louisiana and were given the abbreviated label of "cajuns." >> i was able to trace back all of my heritage except for my dad's, father's side, back to nova scotia. >> reporter: amy keene is the pastor's wife and comes from a family well-rooted in acadian-cajun traditions. >> i grew up with my great-grandparents, and they spoke french. they did not speak english, and we would have a lot of that culture that's been lost. >> reporter: there's a kind of irony in that amy's ancestors back in nova scotia, as catholics and suspected rebels, would have been looked down on by the english-speaking anglicans whose church is now hers and her family's. >> they were maybe not really welcome everywhere that they tried to settle, you know, for different reasons. >> reporter: and they may not have been welcome in that church? >> no, probably not. >> reporter: but whatever big changes may be taking place, continuity and harmony

and the simply an agreement by and longfellow americans that are called the same way as a regular jury to determine whether or not there were even grounds to charge. they found on their own death or not any. to the prosecutor cross- examine the police department? probably not as strongly as most people would have liked. there are no defense attorneys there. there are no other attorneys but the prosecutors. they have a great there. the system has to change completely if we're going to put people in there to cross-examine. is just historical. >> the cow's back to english common law. >> the of the naval to question jurors. >> we have heard all of the evidence. we felt pretty much in agreement on this case. >> that is up to the jurors. their names have not been released if they come forward and want to talk, they certainly can talk. >> we will have to see whether or not any of them are going to talk. >> obviously they cannot even get nine to charge at this particular point. this prosecutor right room what he did is something that none of us have ever seen before. albans only has released a

this is october 1746 by longfellow. a fleet with flags araid sail from the port abreast the signal southwest -- to ravage our helpless boston town -- danger hovering near -- mouth to mouth, i stood in the old south saying humbly, let us pray. oh, lord if in our providence tempest should arrive -- thine the glory be. this was the prayer i made for my soul was all inflamed and the answer came shaking the mighty walls and tolling the bell in the tower. the lightning unsheathed its flaming sward and i cried stand still and see the salvation of the lord. sea was white with hail nld an ever more fierce and loud blew the fleeted hail. -- [ reading ]. >> all right. now you might say why are you reading 19th century poem we're talking about 18th century, i do it because it is something that really shows the religious aspect to this conflict that we're talking about. now after 1746 there's a few minor actions. at one point there's an effort to take this little part of nova scotia here. this is another failed attempt. and so basic

in 1941, he broadcasted the letter across the atlantic and he quotes by longfellow before going on to ask, what is the answer that i shall give him your name to this great man? here is the answer. put your confidence in us. give us your faith and blessing and all will be well. we should not fail or falter or weaken or tire. neither a shock of battle or vigilance of exertion will wear us down. give us the tool ands we will finish the job. it was set out in the characteristic blank verse format he used to give him the pauses and evidence. it marks the beginning of what we call the special relationship, unprecedented military and political union of our 2 countries. how did they finish the job? they finish is 70 years ago today with a return to europe in 1944 in the opening up of the long-awaited second front. let me continue with an ending or to paraphrase churchill. the following quote is taken from the penultimate paragraph as his closing volume five of the second world war. he wrote to the immense cross channel enterprise of the liberation of france has begun. all of the ships were at

at man was walking yesterday near 14th and longfellow in northwest in the brightwood mark neighborhood. two men with knives attacked him and ran off. police arrested one man already. >>> there is a forum about how lawmakers draw your district lines. it's happening at the university of maryland. congressman john delaney and a panel will talk about redrawing districts in a way a that will net them more votes. it starts at 6:00 tonight. >>> today is the last day of monitoring for the nurse who challenged her ebola kwaeurpb teen. a judge ruled she did not need a quarantine because she had no ebola symptoms. she said she plans to advocate for other health care workers going forward. >>> we are getting a better look at a fire that killed a dozen specially trained firefighters in arizona. take a look. arizona state forestry division released two dozen new clips on its website. these were shot by firefighters. you can hear and see the firefighters worrying about the crew as a wall of fire intensifies. >>> tens of thousands people expected for the concert for valor. the final preparations are u