William Jay Smith
Sign in to saveAmerican writer, translator, editor (1918–2015)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Works
- 71
Top works
- Poems
- Contemporary American poetry
- Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze
- The bead curtain
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1981-04-29
hard rockrock
Discography
- Jay Smith2010
- King of Man2013
- God Damn You2015
- Neverneverland2015
- Out of Life2016
- Young Guns2019
- Back to My Roots2024
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 50
- Total plays
- 326
Tags
poetryamerican
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,665x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,800x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,963x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 41,922x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,032x
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Quotes
- “A silver-scaled dragon with jaws flaming red Sits at my elbow and toasts my bread. I hand him fat slices, and then, one by one, He hands them back when he sees they are done.”
- “The long-haired Yak has long black hair, He lets it grow — he doesn't care. He lets it grow and grow and grow, He lets it trail along the stair. Does he ever go to the barbershop? NO! How wild and woolly and devil-may-care A long-haired Yak with long black hair Would look when perched in a barber chair!”
- “He hangs in the hall by his black cravat, The ladies faint, and the children holler: Only my Daddy could look like that, And I love my Daddy like he loves his Dollar.”
- “Now touch the air softly, Step gently. One, two... I’ll love you till roses Are robin’s-egg blue; I’ll love you till gravel Is eaten for bread, And lemons are orange, And lavender’s red.”
- “And I’ll love you as long As the furrow the plow, As However is Ever, And Ever is Now.”
- “I know a place all fennel-green and fine Far from the white ice cap, the glacial flaw, Where shy mud hen and dainty porcupine Dance in delight by a quivering pawpaw;”
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- date of birth
- 1918-04-22
- date of death
- 2015-08-18
- name in native language
- William Jay Smith
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Categories
1918 births2015 deathsAmerican expatriates in the United KingdomAmerican male poetsAmerican poets laureateAmerican Rhodes ScholarsColumbia University alumniColumbia University facultyFormalist poetsHollins University facultyPeople from Cummington, MassachusettsPeople from Winnfield, LouisianaWashington University in St. Louis alumniWilliams College faculty