“On the Pulse of Morning, ” wasn't a favorite of literary critics, but it wowed the public, and it brought Maya Angelou broader and even greater renown.
She was sexually abused as a child, she struggled and made mistakes before her rise to renown, her refusal to be defeated led her to victories in literature, dancing, acting.
When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so far.
You performed signs and wonders in Egypt and have continued them to this day, in Israel and among all mankind, and have gained the renown that is still yours.
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
4 At that time the Nephilim appeared on earth (as well as later) , after the sons of heaven had intercourse with the daughters of man, who bore them sons. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown.
Yet thanks to one music-obsessed teenager and his movie-star father, the song was picked as the opening track to a notorious film called " Blackboard Jungle" , which helped it achieve international renown.