When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd Whitman's encounter with the lilacs in bloom in his mother's yard caused the flowers to become "viscerally bound to the memory of Lincoln's death". According to Gregory Eiselein: In the weeks before Lincoln's assassination, Whitman observed the planet Venus shining brightly in the evening sky. He later wrote of the observation, "Nor earth nor sky ever knew spectacles of superber beauty than some of the nights lately here. The western star, Venus, in the earlier hours of evening, has never been so large, so clear; it seems as if it told something, as if it held rapport indulgent with humanity,
The Red in the Sky Is Ours Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame in September 2014, becoming the second At the Gates album to receive such award. Songwriting Credits: Recording Line-Up: Guest musician: The Red in the Sky Is Ours The Red in the Sky Is Ours is the debut album by the Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates released on July 27th, 1992. It was re-released in 1993 along with "With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness" and then in 2003 with bonus tracks. When At the Gates began recording "The Red in the Sky Is Ours", the group had been together for a mere