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A Boy's Will: October

by Robert Frost A Line-storm SongMy ButterflyOctober He sees days slipping from him that were the best for what they were. O HUSHED October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the…

Birthstones

Month StoneJanuary GarnetFebruary AmethystMarch Aquamarine or BloodstoneApril DiamondMay EmeraldJune Pearl, Alexandrite, or MoonstoneJuly Ruby or Star RubyAugust Peridot or SardonyxSeptember…

Amy Lowell: An Aquarium

An AquariumStreaks of green and yellow iridescence, Silver shiftings, Rings veering out of rings, Silver — gold — Grey-green opaqueness sliding down, With sharp white bubbles Shooting and…

Brewer's: Symbolism of Metals and Gems

Amethyst typifies humility. Diamond, invulnerable faith. Gold, glory, power. Sardonyx, sincerity. Sapphire, hope. Silver, chastity, purity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Josephine Preston Peabody: Cradle Song

Cradle SongJosephine Preston PeabodyILord Gabriel, wilt thou not rejoice When at last a little boy's Cheek lies heavy as a rose And his eyelids close?Gabriel, when that hush may be,…

manganese

(Encyclopedia) manganesemanganesemăngˈgənēs, mănˈ– [key] [Lat.,=magnet], metallic chemical element; symbol Mn; at. no. 25; at. wt. 54.93805; m.p. about 1,244℃; b.p. about 1,962℃; sp. gr. 7.2 to 7.45…

Brewer's: Planets

i. In astrology there are seven planets: APOLLO, the sun, represents gold. DIANA, the moon, represents silver. MERCURY represents quicksilver. VENUS represents copper. MARS represents iron…

clam

(Encyclopedia) clam, common name for certain bivalve mollusks, especially for marine species that live buried in mud or sand and have valves (the two pieces of the shell) of equal size. The oval…

Revelation: 21

Revelation Chapter 21 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy…

Urals

(Encyclopedia) Urals or Ural Mountains, E European Russia and NW Kazakhstan, forming, together with the Ural River, the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia and separating the Russian plain…