A Ballad Upon a Wedding is a witty and humorous poem by Sir John Suckling, an English cavalier poet and playwright. The poem explores themes of love, joy, and celebration during the 1641 wedding of Roger Boyle, Baron Broghill, Earl of Orrery, and Lady Margaret Howard. The poem is told in the voice of a simple farmer who witnesses the event, where toasts are proposed, people dance, and all the women wish to be in place of the bride.
The poem also features vivid imagery and vivid descriptions of the rarest things that have been seen. The poem is a testament to the social customs and attitudes of the time period, with the use of vivid imagery and vivid descriptions. The poem is a testament to the power of love and the beauty of life, as it allows the speaker to express their desires and desires without the need for external appearances or graces.
As the poem progresses, the poem becomes more serious and factual, with the union of John Lord Lovelace and Lady Margaret Howard being celebrated. The poem ends with the speaker expressing his desire for love and the realization that it is love in love that makes the sport.
Printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press in 1927, the poem is a testament to the power of love and the beauty of life during this time.
📹 A Ballad Upon a Wedding by Sir John Suckling
Ballad Upon a Wedding by Sir John Suckling.
📹 Anastasia / Once Upon a December (Lyrics)
Singer: Liz Callaway Song: Once Upon a December Movie: Anastasia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizyromance/ Twitter: …
When you thought it was sad but also beautiful but years later as an adult I hear this song and the meaning of the song is even more devastating. An innocent family murdered no survivors, she didn’t get to live to the fullest, get married hopefully a very happy marriage like her parents’ marriage and have children
What’s so great about this movie is that despite all of Disney’s catalog this is the only one that truly captures the essence of the princess dream, the grandiose of royalty, the wonders of an actual bal with many nobles as the king and queen stand high, music complementing the scenery while everyone dances with such wonder and magic This is the princess dream.
I honestly don’t care of this movie is historically correct or not, but it’s definitely one of the best animations out there. I was six years old when this was released and I’ve seen it so many times and I still can’t get enough of it. I honestly hope they once will make this is real-life movie. That would be amazing! This movie is most definitely top 3 best animationmovies ever (imo)
I like how the writers incorporated some of the real Anastasia’s personality into the character. The real Anastasia was pretty mischievous and sassy. She usually didn’t care much for royal gatherings as they rarely had anyone interesting to talk to, even people her own age. She also hated having servants dress her up for big events and didn’t care much either for fancy dresses. The palace was pretty much the only place where she was allowed to be free-spirited and spent much of her free time pulling pranks on the palace staff, hiding in cupboards when her parents or tutors were looking for her and throwing snowballs at her sisters but as she got older she matured out of her mischievous nature and started writing satires and jokes in her free time, though she continued to be sassy and smart-mouthed. This made her Alexei’s favourite sister, since she was sometimes able to ease his suffering by making him laugh. And as Alexei got older, he and Anastasia became very close even though he was considerably calmer and more respectful of authority than her.\r \r Honestly, the fact that someone so full of life was murdered stings my heart. The Romanovs were such a loving family.
The moment of Olga, Tatania, and Maria dressing Anastasia is so sweet and I like to think it happened IRL at some point, the sisters were close, they would most likely help each other dress. The moment with Nicholas and Anastasia is sweet to, Nicholas lived his family and most likely would have been happy if him and his family were middle class. He was not a fan of being Tsar. Nicholas kissing Anastasia’s head feels like something he did in life many times. The forehead kissed in Anastasia’s day dream feeling like Nicholas kissing his youngest daughter good bye.
I tear up almost every time I listen and watch this, so beautiful, yet so heartbreakingly sad… even more so if you know the history, she was holding her dog that night, she and her brother managed to survive the initial shot due to the angle, and amount of jewelry she had sewn into the lining of her clothes. (something her mother told her to due incase they managed to escape) for decades there were rumors that both her and her brother managed to escape, which her aunts and grandmother tried to dearly hold onto some hope while they escaped to Crimea.
I remember hearing something about the line “Horses prance through a silver storm” could be an allusion to the family attempting to escape (horses prance), and the bullets flying through the air (silver storm) as the palace was invaded in the beginning of the film. I used to LOVE this movie as a little girl. I remember knowing it was based on the unfortunate real family, and I had wished that the situation of this movie could be true, that she was alive. I didn’t know the full story, but I knew that the situation was just heartbreaking. I remember holding onto that for years, until it just faded away after time.
I was little when I saw that movie… At that age, I didn’t understand what had happened to the Romanov family, so I asked my dad (who knows a lot about history) if Anastasia really existed. He told me she did, and later, I asked him about the fate of the Romanovs. That’s when I found out they were executed, and Anastasia had indeed not survived.\r \r Now that I’ve grown up, I’ve researched for years, and it remains painful. Please, let’s not try to justify the murder of an entire family despite Tsar Nicholas II’s bad decisions. This song is just a ‘what if’ Anastasia had survived…\r \r Simply sad.
When this movie came out there was still many myself included who thought Anastasia could have survived. The hope that at least one of the family members got away was intriguing . I use to imagine her escaping and the life she lead after. I remember feeling absolutely crushed when I learned she didn’t survive and that none of them did . No one deserves to die the way the Romanovs did and their story still fascinates haunts me to this day
Shoutout to Liz Callaway, the incredible singer who ingrained this song from my childhood into my memory. I would hum this for YEARS until I did it front of a friend who happened to love this movie, and she asked if this is where it was from. I didn’t remember, it had been at least two decades since the movie came out, and so we watched it…hauntingly beautiful song conveying so many emotions of longing and love and goodbyes that never got to happen.
My grandma introduced me to this movie when I was a child. I remember I absolutely loved it. I did that thing where I related to Anastasia a lot, and saw myself as her in the movie, and I saw my Nana as her grandmother. Something was always so comforting about Anastasia reuniting with her at the end, it was one of the few movies i didnt mind perusal more than once. The reason I probably related and projected so much is because I also dont remember most of my childhood– it was so traumatic I blocked most of it out, and the perpetual memory loss started young. I’m also autistic and I wasnt diagnosed until adulthood. Everyone knew something was “off” about me but I did well in school so I went under the radar for decades. In a lot of ways, I was the disabled child my father didn’t want. I’m pretty sure he wanted a normal, fully abled and healthy one. I always felt like I “came out wrong”, and I was never good enough for him. The way the abuse happened tended to confirm that. My nana and the time I spent with her was one of the things I do remember. I was always good enough for her, more than. She’d play boardgames with me, teach me how to play her handheld poker game, watch movies, I’d unravel her yarn for her as she crocheted. She taught me how to play Uno and would always kick my ass, I remember the first time I won I was so happy. My love of games was unquenchable, but she’d still play games with me all day for hours on end. I was never “too much” for her, and I always felt so valued and loved.
Dancing bears, painted wings Things I almost remember And a song someone sings Once upon a December Someone holds me safe and warm Horses prance through a silver storm Figures dancing gracefully Across my memory Someone holds me safe and warm Horses prance through a silver storm Figures dancing gracefully Across my memory Far away, long ago Glowing dim as an ember Things my heart used to know Things it yearns to remember And a song someone sings Once upon a December
I loved this movie as a child and it’s still so good but it’s now also really sad once I found out about the Romanov family, the four sisters and one brother all murdered for the father’s incompetence, the BRUTALITY of their murders too and how it took numerous tries to kill the children because of the jewels hidden in their clothes that stopped the bullets. And it’s also interesting to note that Anastasia’s body is the one who was found with the rest of the family, I think it was Maria (?) and Alexei found separate so all the Anastasia imposters were what they were – imposters. But there are plenty of conspiracy theories out there regarding one of the children escaping. I haven’t found any convincing ones for the sisters but I did see one about a young man who was believed to be Alexei who also had haemophilia and who disappeared shortly after. But sadly I think this is all conspiracy theory. I like that their family lineage lives on though, the remaining Romanovs but also the other European royals. Prince Philip (UK) for example was amongst the people used to test the DNA of the remains in the 90s.
This song is amazing. From the great music and the amazing singing from Anastasia’s VA, to the haunting vocalization and the somewhat somber tone of it all. The lyric “like a memory from a dream” shows just how fuzzy this memory is for Anastasia. She’s not even entirely sure it happened, just like how people can be unsure if a dream they think they had really happened. Memories can already be tricky to remember, yet the added fuzziness of a dream makes it all the more difficult to remember. But as the song goes on, she remembers more and more of what happened. It starts small, with a song someone sings and a familiar vase. Then she remembers more, the dancers, the ballroom etiquette, a golden dress, and a fathers love. And then the loss, the quiet disappearance of the dancers, her father walking away, and it all being suddenly interrupted by a yell. This song may seem like an “I want” song, where she wants to remember more. And that might be true, but it isn’t just that. It isn’t just a girl trying to remember her past, it’s about a woman finding her past, a past of dancers and kings, the woman remembering a song and a family lost to time, and the haunting memory of a fateful night.
I come back to this movie/scene as an adult, loving it as a child, realizing how heartbreaking this story really is. A Princess who had the world in her hand, torn apart from her family and future. Growing up in poverty is quite the contrary to what she was born into. She kept true to herself and remained optimistic through something that seems impossible, especially during the earlier 1900’s and against all odds reconnected with her remaining family. From what I know, this had a happier ending than the real story. It’s unfortunate that not everyone gets a ‘Happily Ever After’ ending. Brilliant movie nonetheless.
This is such an eerily beautiful and hauntingly charming song! Every time I hear it, I get goosebumps! I also greatly appreciate the animators’ attention to detail: if you look at the ballroom floor when the spirits of Anya’s family emerge, she’s the only one with a shadow/reflection, confirming that the other guests aren’t physically there.
I think I sang this song every day for months after seeing this movie. I even got the little dog from Burger King, you would squeeze his tummy and his ears would pop up. I loved that thing so much, brought it every where. One of the most under rated animated films ever made. The sound track is just incredible and the story is so sad and so sweet, it really should have been up there with things like The Little Mermaid and Lion King. Love Anastasia ❤️
I like to think (though it may be somewhat sad at the same time) that the people she imagines are in fact the ghosts of the royals and aristocrats the Communist revolutionaries practically exterminated during the Red Revolution – and her being there made them appear for one last dance, along with her family and her father getting one last dance – a last hope for his family legacy. The pose he has in the end basically says: “Behold, the true ruler of all the Russias – Tsarina Anastasia.”
As someone but broken ties with my family in some ways. This movie always makes me yearn for something that is missing.. I miss my grandmas when perusal this.. And the relationships I could have head with my family.. Something about this movie makes me so emotional and yearning for something ive never had. Something old and nostalgic. Its beautiful and I have loved the movie since I was a little girl. I always loved the name Anastasia because of the movie.
I can’t define beauty rather than this art Summoning the poem inside my heart, The chandelier and the grace hitting to my little yet sorry heart, I don’t know yet sometimes while listening I cry and at times fall apart, Such is the gracefulness O Reader, it’s hard to describe Chronicles lives within me revive, Such a tragedy cause by the red army to blind people into the haze Yet this story never fails to amaze Singing tales of… The fallen tales of Russian Romarov Such a Reviere and serene is this song, Lost have I, upon the merry yet tragic tale all along….. ~ Ace
2023/2/24 When I was little, my family and I would watch it and cry And now I’m 16. I came to bring back the good memories I cried so hard when I learned that it was a true story but it is good that the movie ended with a happy ending 🥺💝There is a legend that says that the absent person returns one day in the month of December. That’s why she was singing about the month of December This is beautiful and genius 🥺💝
This movie is quite old that i forgot it 😅 until a few years ago when my younger sister was perusal tv and saw it and she came to my room asking if i knew a Disney princess with brown hair and blue eyes and i said no an then i went to watch it and it looked oddly familiar to me but i couldn’t remember it for some reason until this song started omg i felt like Anastasia when she regained her memories i started crying so hard i remember this song more than anything in the movie it brought me back in time when i was in iraq 💔
Thank you for putting this up. I adore this song so much. I woke up with this song in my head repeatedly this morning and had to listen to it over and over to satisfy my brain. I often hear people say this movie romanticized the Romanov family even though the Tsar was horrible, but would Anastasia have known what her father was up to? This could be her innocence showing through, that she had a wonderful life (even though I heard documentation that she was considered something of a mischief-maker with one of her sisters and people weren’t too fond of their pranks) where everything was ‘magical’. Doesn’t mean it was true. Just her perspective.
Can’t remember much of the movie as its been years since I’ve watched it, but I will always remember this song. I remember the first time i heard it. Lil me found this song so comforting and beautiful, which I really needed a comfort song at the time. This song and the movie will always be a part of my childhood <3
The story of the Romanovs was one of the great tragedies of the 20th century. For all the faults of their rule, it seemed they were a fairy tale compared to the nightmare of the State that came after them. It could really be summed up by famed Soviet Field Marshal Zhukov who famously refused to shake the hand of Pyotr Zakharovich Ermakov because, in his words, “I don’t shake the hands of child killers.”
It’s hard to imagine that they’ve all died. It was also hard for me, as a child to admit it (I’m russian, so we already know about Romanov’s family rather early) especially after I watched that movie. But the truth as it is – all of Nickolai Romanov’s family died that day, so it’s just a nice russian fairy tale
Dancing bears, painted wings. Things I almost remember, And a song, someone sings. Once upon a December. Someone holds me safe and warm. Horses prance through a silver storm. Figures dancing gracefully, Across my memory. (Sing ‘ah’ with melody) Someone holds me safe and warm. Horses prance through a silver storm. Figures dancing gracefully, Across my memory. Far away, long ago. Glowing dim as an ember. Things my heart used to know, Things it yearns to remember. And a song, Someone sings. Once upon a December.
i remember the first time i watched this movie with my sister. this was around 2005-2006 so i was about 5-6 years old. we were instantly hooked and watched it on our vhs constantly. when i got older and found out what actually happened to anastasia and her family i was devastated and couldn’t watch the movie for a long time. honestly i think i convinced myself the movie was a fever dream and something i imagined myself. then when the pandemic hit and i was 20 i kinda rediscovered it and fell it love all over again. i still see the magical/whimsical side of the film that i saw as a child, but now i also see all the small details and intricate pieces that came together to make this masterpiece. even knowing her true fate, i can’t think of princess anastasia any other way. to me she will always have a happy ending.
Dancing bears painted wings Things i almost remeber And a song someone sing Once upon a december Someone holds me safe and warm Horses prance though a sliver storm Figures dancing gracefully Across my memory Someone holds me safe and warm Horses prance through a sliver storm Figures dancing gracefully Across my memory Far away long ago Glowing dim as an ember Things my heart used to know Things it yearns to remember And a song someone sings Once upon a december
what i like about this song is that this is not her ” I want this” song bc she already had that song in journey to the past. this is a song that shes trying to figure out what parts of her memory means and is confused about weather if it was real or just a crazy dream. and she says that she almost members stuff but not really which makes it 10 times more sad. and her family being there but her not know makes it even sadder
All Disney stories have a sad and intricate story, coming from the pen of masters such Grimm and Andersen, not properly a dispenser of Joy. But also masterpiece of ’90ies like Pocahontas and Tarzan, the marmaid and the king of Lion, started from a grieve basis. Don’t give up and think to Hercules !!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This probably isn’t appropriate, but I think of how well this song fits with Shallan Divar Kholin’s trama and childhood. Lines and how I’ll animate them: 12. Dancing bears – little Shallan drawing animals 13. Painted wings – little Shallan preparing for a ball, being given the necklace 1/16. Things I almost remember – a blurry picture of a pattern, now shallan reatching out, shocked and a tear 7. And a song somone sings – her dad singing little shallan the lullaby, red carpet once red 8. Once upon a December – continued, we can now see little Shallan’s crying face 9. Somone holds me safe and warm – continued, little Shallan buries her face into her dad’s chest 14. Horses prance through a silver storm – little Shallan looking blankly out the window and into a highstorm, drawings of small horses on her scetchpad 4. Figures dancing gracefully – blurry figure running tward little shallan with a wepon 17. Across my memory – adult shallan runs away from the room pattern chose 18. Illusions of other of shallan appears, she tries to hide in veil, failing 2. Somone holds me safe and warm – mom, faceless but for a mouth, holding a young shallan, smiling 3. Horses prance through a silver storm – same shot as before, but younger shallan making horse Illusions, mom sees 5. Figures dancing gracefully – last lyric shot continued, unblured 6. Across my memory – contiused, shallan kills her mom 10. Far away – shallan kills her first spren 19. Long ago – present shallan surrounded by memories (actual shallan) 11.
I feel like this could be turned into a villain song, okay hear me out:\r \r The antagonist singing this beautiful melody, as they dance around gracefully throughout a world that burns and is filled with madness. They dance and sing, as things burn and weird creatures beyond your understanding wander the land, the beautiful symphony describing the new world that they’ve created. And as they finish their little song, they curtsy infront of all the destruction and somesort of ‘palace’ they created with the wreckage. Something beautiful yet sickening at the same time.\r \r I suck at writing but I tried 💀
Despite perusal a ton of disney movies, Don Bluths movies always interested me, especially this one. When I first watched it I was really young and I had no idea this was based off a true story, several years after perusal it I discovered the Romanov assassination in 1918 and the way several women claimed to be the real Duchess Anastasia even though she was killed in the event. This movie captures the event so well and it’s such a creative way to set the story without traumatising kids of what really happened over 100 years ago.
2023/2/24 عمري حاليا 16جنت اتابعة من زغيرة اني واهلي وهسة عدتة لاسترجاع الذكريات الجميلة 🥺وحرفيا يجنن متت بچي علة كل لحضة سواء كانت سعيدة او حزينة وحبيت النهاية 💋واتمتى لو اكو جزء ثاني. من خلصتة حسيت بفراغ خصوصا بما ان قصة انستازيا قصة حقيقية😭💔 داخلي شيئً خفي… صوت انستازيا والاغنية بصوتهة الاصلي بالانكليزي يجنن😭
I love this song. Its beautiful yet haunting. But one thing that recently i realised, technically, this version of the song is not the true song, in the movie’s universe at least. This is the song Anya vaguely remembers, she remembers the beat and rthymn, but not the true lyrics. When she sang it with her grandmama, they sang only a small part, with different lyrics beside at very least the name, once upon december. This makes me wonder, how does the “true” version, fully sung, sounds?
I think I’ll always feel bad for the real Anastasia and her siblings. Truthfully I hold a little sympathy for her father as well but he was an adult and didn’t do enough to fix his crumbling country (but if you look into him he never really wanted to rule he just wanted to be with his family, so in the end he got that I guess). Its all around just really tragic history, the romanovs, the common people etc etc.
Anastasia is one of my favorite movies growing up and to this day I still love it. And I watched it again like the day before yesterday or so and when I was perusal it, I was thinking to myself and saying man this is not for kids. This is for adults lol …it’s absolutely one of the best cartoon movies ever
I’m so overwhelmed with emotions rn.. I wanted to make a cover of this song, always bin one of my faves, readings yalls comments and realizing how much it means to all of us triggered sumn in me “someone holds me safe and warm”, “far away,long ago, glowing dim as an amber.. things my heart used to know.. things it yearns to remember..” damn I just started crying love this song and movie so much,I will never forget it🖤
I watched this movie in Russian, and It was interesting for me to listen to this song in the original. And this is that rare case when the translation is better than the original, and in general all the songs from this movie are so good on Russian that I was very surprised when I listened to the original
As a i kid i used to love this song it was the only Disney song i remembered and i would sing to it everytime the song played even if i my 6year old self knew it was sad song somehow( i don’t know how my mom said i was a smart yet weird child …. still am), i would always hum this song everytime, hell even on my birthday i would always request my mom to play it since it was a December and even if i know the song is based on the fake Anastasia cases, i still love this song till this day .
I’m going to sing this song from Disney’s Anastasia (Liz Callaway Version) on Zoom for Round 1️⃣ which I had in mind to choose in advance to perform on Cafe Quarantine Karaoke. It’s the most absolutely perfect Winter song that everyone is looking forward to hearing me sing on Zoom in January 2022. 👍🏻 if it reminds you of an opera.
Crying to this song because my ex and I fell in love in December 2020. After three years, we broke up 22 days ago because we had become two different people, but he was like my best friend. Even though he blindsided me and broke up with me from one day to the next, I still miss that time in December when we were happy and in love.
I was gonna make a comment on how interesting it was that Ana pictures all the dutchesses as her own age while Alexi is still depicted as a child given the Grand Dutchesses were all born within 5 yrs (22yrs, 21, 19, 17) while Alexi was the baby of the family at 13. Seemed kinda clever that she probibly would picture her sisters as mirrors of herself, since they were all so close, while still seeing Alexi as so much younger But then I realized how drasticly they de-aged Anastasia (she was 17 in RL when she died, 8 in the movie when she escaped) so it’s not really that impressive cause they DIDN’T de-age ger sisters (based on the family painting we see)
Песня, безусловно, очень красивая. Но сам мультфильм “Анастасия” – омерзительная антироссийская клюква. Русские это хорошо прочувствовали и знают. Кинематограф и мультипликация (которые создаются для воспитания неокрепших детских умов) очень давно стали инструментом пропаганды и переписывания истории.
I watched this movie a long time ago when I was about 5 or 6 and I forgot about the name of the movie but remember the plot. One day I woke up from my sleep saying “Anastasia” so I search it up and find the same movie I watched I couldn’t find it anywhere until I saw it was on Disney+. I don’t care what anyone says Anastasia is a Disney princess my favorite one in fact. Her story is more deep than the others. And her character designs incorporate the real Anastasia’s personality. Plus her character design is so beautiful.