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Poem: In Vain
Poem 37 Poem 39 In Vain I CANNOT live with you, It would be life, And life is over there Behind the shelf The sexton keeps the key to, Putting up Our life, his porcelain, Like a cup…Charles Hanson Towne: City Roofs
City RoofsCharles Hanson TowneRoof-tops, roof-tops, what do you cover? Sad folk, bad folk, and many a glowing lover; Wise people, simple people, children of despair — Roof-tops, roof-tops,…Theodosia Garrison: The Tears of Harlequin
The Tears of HarlequinTheodosia GarrisonTo you he gave his laughter and his jest, His words that of all words were merriest, His glad, mad moments when the lights flared high And his wild…A Boy's Will: A Line-storm Song
by Robert Frost Now Close the WindowsOctoberA Line-storm Song It is the autumnal mood with a difference. THE line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift, The road is forlorn all day,…Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese's movies about mobsters, mean streets and the violence of modern life made him one of America's most respected modern filmmakers. Martin Scorsese studied film at New York University…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever
by Robert Burns O May, Thy MornBehold The Hour, The Boat, ArriveAe Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever Tune-"Rory Dall's Port." Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae fareweel, alas…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Griefs
by EmilyDickinsonVenturesXXXIVGriefs Griefs I measure every grief I meet With analytic eyes; I wonder if it weighs like mine, Or has an easier size. I wonder if they bore it long,…Peter Pan: "Hook or Me this Time"
The Pirate Ship The Return Home "Hook or Me this Time" Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened. Thus, to take…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 3
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 2 Canto 4 Canto 3 What thoughts had sway o'er Cythna's lonely slumber That night, I know not; but my own did seem As if they might ten thousand years outnumber…Robert Graves: A Child's Nightmare
A Child's NightmareThrough long nursery nights he stood By my bed unwearying, Loomed gigantic, formless, queer, Purring in my haunted ear That same hideous nightmare thing, Talking, as he…