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Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Spectral Horseman

by Percy Bysshe Shelley FragmentMelody to a Scene of Former TimesThe Spectral Horseman What was the shriek that struck Fancy's ear As it sate on the ruins of time that is past? Hark! it…

Brewer's: Setebos

A deity of the Patagonians, introduced by Shakespeare into hisTempest. His art is of such power, It would control my dam's god, Setebos, And make a vassal of him. Tempest, i. 2. Source:…

Brewer's: Prospero

Rightful Duke of Milan, deposed by his brother. Drifted on a desert island, he practised magic, and raised a tempest in which his brother was shipwrecked. Ultimately Prospero broke his…

Jonah: 1

Jonah Chapter 1 1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up…

The Fire Sermon

The Fire SermonThe river's tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed. Sweet Thames, run…

Bermuda

(Encyclopedia) BermudaBermudabûrmy&oomacr;ˈdə [key], British dependency (2015 est. pop. 70,000), 21 sq mi (53 sq km), comprising some 150 coral rocks, islets, and islands (of which some 20 are…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Charles I Scene 4

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Scene 3: The Star Chamber Scene 5: Scene 4: Hampden, Pym, Cromwell, his daughter, and young Sir Harry Vane. HAMPDEN: England, farewell! thou, who hast been my cradle…