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The Devil's Dictionary: Kiss
by Ambrose Bierce KING'S EVILKLEPTOMANIACKISS -n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony…Levi P. Morton
Levi Parsons Morton was a New York businessman who served as the vice president of the United States under Benjamin Harrison (1889-93). Morton was a businessman in Boston before moving to New York…Poems by Emily Dickinson: II ("Our share of night to bear")
by EmilyDickinsonSuccessRouge et NoirII Our share of night to bear, Our share of morning, Our blank in bliss to fill, Our blank in scorning. Here a star, and there a star, Some lose…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Love In The Guise Of Friendship
by Robert Burns Go On, Sweet Bird, And Sooth My CareLove In The Guise Of Friendship Your friendship much can make me blest, O why that bliss destroy! Why urge the only, one…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Saturday Afternoon
by EmilyDickinsonI Had a Guinea GoldenXXISaturday Afternoon Saturday Afternoon From all the jails the boys and girls Ecstatically leap, — Beloved, only afternoon That prison doesn't…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Lost Joy
by EmilyDickinsonLost FaithXXXVIIILost Joy Lost Joy I had a daily bliss I half indifferent viewed, Till sudden I perceived it stir, — It grew as I pursued, Till when, around a crag…Vedanta
(Encyclopedia) VedantaVedantavĭdänˈtə, –dănˈ– [key], one of the six classical systems of Indian philosophy. The term “Vedanta” has the literal meaning “the end of the Veda” and refers both to the…Margaret Smith Taylor
Name at birth: Margaret Mackall SmithMargaret Smith Taylor was the wife of the 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor. She never really served as the First Lady, however, leaving the…Poems by Emily Dickinson: LI ("I gained it so")
by EmilyDickinsonHungerLIILI I gained it so, By climbing slow, By catching at the twigs that grow Between the bliss and me. It hung so high, As well the sky Attempt…Walt Whitman: Halcyon Days
Halcyon DaysNot from successful love alone, Nor wealth, nor honor'd middle age, nor victories of politics or war; But as life wanes, and all the turbulent passions calm, As gorgeous, vapory,…Trending
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