The poem is a dignified, gently melancholy elegy celebrating the graves of humble and unknown villagers and suggesting that the lives of rich and poor alike "lead but to the grave".
This is an understated and gently entertaining hour that celebrates an ordinary woman living through extraordinary times.
Such knowledge makes this documentary gently gripping, as Chris Beardshaw celebrates the myriad varieties of British apple invented by Victorian horticulturalists, and laments how they've been usurped by a few mass-produced brands.
After the match ended, Roddick celebrated by gently tossing his racquet into the stands.
THERE was a time before Bratz dolls, maxed-out credit cards and criminal background checks for mall Santas, when Christmas was celebrated more gently.
"The Periodic Table" abounds with funny sketches of Levi's relatives, who are celebrated and gently mocked in the chapter named "Argon," because, like the gas, they were generally inert: lazy, immobile characters given to witty conversation and idle speculation.
So, when TrivWorks founder, David Jacobson, invited me to attend their "15 Minutes of Fame Pop Culture Trivia Night" celebrating (and gently ridiculing) one hit wonders, television supernovas, media darlings, and other short lived social phenomena at Brooklyn's Bell House, I couldn't say yes quickly enough.
If not, I encourage you to try it, with the self-direction to mentally celebrate each time you notice yourself absorbed in thinking, and gently, lovingly let go of your thought and guide your attention back to your breath.
That show, overblown and underthought, did no favor to Burt Bacharach and Hal David, whose gently bopping love songs, a popular if modest contribution to the American songbook, were ostensibly being celebrated.
As a friend celebrated by affixing gold-star stickers to Torrini's cell phone, her record-company chaperone gently reminded her that she was scheduled to perform at the Glastonbury music festival, in southern England, in less than twenty-four hours.
