tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post2312605073349622291..comments2024-03-27T09:49:13.188-04:00Comments on Content in a Cottage: An Inspiring Poem and Its HistoryContent in a Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075511188721176895noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-72945813895377940812017-03-10T21:01:24.304-05:002017-03-10T21:01:24.304-05:00Lovely and wonderful to know the background story....Lovely and wonderful to know the background story. I wonder if the writer ever wrote any other poetry. I too love the Thomas Campbell quote.The Queen Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073356255364772381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-34023924720529325312017-03-10T19:09:18.529-05:002017-03-10T19:09:18.529-05:00Susan -- I am glad to hear you like it. Maybe one ...Susan -- I am glad to hear you like it. Maybe one day you can use it to give comfort to someone.<br />xo, RosemaryContent in a Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075511188721176895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-2137563306496367282017-03-10T17:22:13.300-05:002017-03-10T17:22:13.300-05:00Rosemary, I have never heard this poem before but ...Rosemary, I have never heard this poem before but thank you so much for bringing it to us. It is so beautiful.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220250453773715090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-40079179051717920872017-03-10T14:28:52.159-05:002017-03-10T14:28:52.159-05:00Catherine -- I have heard it before and always lov...Catherine -- I have heard it before and always loved it. I was very happy to learn the history of this poignant poem. Your friend must have been very special.<br />Another favorite of mine is:<br />“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”<br />― Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)<br />xo, RosemaryContent in a Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075511188721176895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823162730236792476.post-76863540341630328042017-03-09T23:26:58.310-05:002017-03-09T23:26:58.310-05:00This poem was read at a good friend of mines funer...This poem was read at a good friend of mines funeral (as she requested it be done). It was the first time I had ever heard it. It seems everyone who was there had not hear it either. Not a dry eye to be found after that reading.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626767881036539940noreply@blogger.com