Short Name: | Lloyd Stone |
Full Name: | Stone, Lloyd, 1912-1993 |
Birth Year: | 1912 |
Death Year: | 1993 |
Lloyd Stone (1912 – 1993) was born in California and attended the University of Southern California as a music major, with the intent of becoming a teacher. Instead, he joined a circus bound for Hawaii and remained there for the rest of his life, writing poems and songs. This is his best known work; stanzas 1 and 2 were written in 1934 when Lloyd was 22 years old. Often combined with several additional verses by Georgia Harkness, the poem is typically sung to the tune Finlandia, composed by Jean Sibelius. Lloyd also wrote a musical based on Joyce Kilmer’s poem, "Trees," and several books of Hawaii-themed poems. Said one reviewer, "[Stone] does not sing of the palms and the surf, but of the earthy human beauty which is the heritage of the islands."
--www.yourdailypoem.com/
Texts by Lloyd Stone (4)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Esta canción, ¡oh, Dios de las naciones! | Lloyd Stone (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Este es mi canto, oh Dios de las naciones | Lloyd Stone (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
Jen mia preĝo, Dio de l' nacioj | Lloyd Stone (Author (stanzas 1,2)) | 1 | |
This is my song, O God of all the nations | Lloyd Stone, 1912- (Author) | English | 29 |