Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.
Lang was born in Selkirk. He was the eldest of the eight children born to John Lang, the town clerk of Selkirk, and his wife Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was the daughter of Patrick Sellar, factor to the first duke of Sutherland. On 17 April 1875 he married Leonora Blanche Alleyne, the youngest daughter of C. T. Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados.
He was educated at Selkirk grammar school, Loretto, and at the Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a first class in the final classical schools in 1868, becoming a fellow and subsequently honorary fellow of Merton College. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the most able and versatile writers of the day.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: Jeanne d'Arc,IPA: [ʒan daʁk]; ca. 1412 – 30 May 1431), is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in what is now eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France. She was captured by the Burgundians, transferred to the English in exchange for money, put on trial by the pro-English Bishop of Beauvais Pierre Cauchon for charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy," and was burned at the stake for heresy when she was only 19 years old.
Twenty-five years after her execution, an inquisitorial court authorized by Pope Callixtus III examined the trial, pronounced her innocent, and declared her a martyr. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She is – along with St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours, St. Louis IX, and St. Theresa of Lisieux – one of the patron saints of France. Joan said that she had visions from God that instructed her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent her to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence when she overcame the dismissive attitude of veteran commanders and lifted the siege in only nine days. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims and settled the disputed succession to the throne.
I waited for you, Winterlong
You seem to be where I belong.
It's all illusion anyway.
If things should ever turn out wrong
And all the love we have is gone,
It won't be easy on that day.
Waiting to follow
Through the dreamlight of your way
Is not so easy for me now.
Half the time has passed away
Things we thought of yesterday
Come back now, come back now.
Waiting to follow
Through the dreamlight of your way
Is not so easy for me now.
Half the time has passed away
Things we thought of yesterday
Come back now, come back now.
I waited for you Winterlong
and if I fall
into you all
will my rain
cease and dissolve
some come to harm
others to grace
so let my friends fly
under these wings
we're giving it up to the sun
we're giving it up to the moon
we're giving it up to the earth
we're giving it up from our own
knowin' there's nowhere to run
knowin' there's not much to lose
sometimes it seems so long
since you had a chance to refuse
we built a fire
winterlong
transformed new wire
winterlong
i was the first one
i was the last one to be strong
and if I fall
into you all
will the silence
shatter and stall
some feel movement
others stand still
so let the moment
become my will
we're giving it up to the sun
we're giving it up to the moon
we're giving it up to the earth
we're giving it up from our owns
knowin' there's nowhere to run
knowin' there's not much to lose
so why does it take so long
to find out who is who
we built a fire
winterlong
transformed new wire
winterlong
i was the first one
i was the last one to be strong
we're giving it up to the sun
we're giving it up to the moon
we're giving it up to the earth
we're giving it up from your own
we're giving it up to the sun
we're giving it up to the moon
I'll never say goodbye
To our prime forever
And I feel like dumb
I don't know why
I'll never say goodbye
'Cos I can't forget her
But I feel like dumb
I don't know why
Try to scream
Shattered dreams are made of stone
And desperation
Broken hearts
Blown in a freezing wind
During winterlong
Unspoken words
Floating on freezing wind
During the winterlong
I'll never say goodbye
To our prime forever
And I feel like dumb
I don't know why
Try to scream
Shattered dreams are made of stone
And desperation
Broken hearts
Blown in a freezing wind
During winterlong
Unspoken words
Floating on freezing wind
During the winterlong
Try to scream
Shattered dreams are made of stone
And desperation
Broken hearts
Blown in a freezing wind
During winterlong
Unspoken words
Floating on freezing wind
During the winterlong
Broken hearts
Blown in a freezing wind
During winterlong
Unspoken words
Floating on freezing wind
During the winterlong
I waited for you winterlong
You seemed to be where I belong
It's all illusion anyway
If things should ever turn out wrong
And all the love we have is gone
It won't be easy
On that day
Waiting to follow
Through the dream light of your way
Is not so easy for me now
After time has passed your way
Things we thought of yesterday
Come back now
Comeback now
Whoahohhh
Waiting to follow
Through the dream light of your way
Is not so easy for me now
After time has passed your way
Things we thought of yesterday
Come back now
Comeback now
Whoahohhh
I waited for you winterlong