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Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks is remembered as the first American to die in the colonists' fight for freedom from Britain. Crispus Attucks was an escaped slave of African and Native American descent, but not much…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On Commissary Goldie's Brains
by Robert Burns The True Loyal NativesLines Inscribed In A Lady's Po...On Commissary Goldie's Brains Lord, to account who dares thee call, Or e'er dispute thy pleasure?…Connie Hines
Connie Hines played Carol Post, the wife of horse whisperer Wilbur Post in the 1960s TV sitcom Mister Ed. The silly comedy ran on the CBS network from 1961 to 1966. The setup: Ed was a cranky…Ashputtel
Ashputtel The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end drew nigh, she called her only daughter to her bed-side, and said, 'Always be a good girl, and I will look down from…Book One
Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my…Amy's Valley of Humiliation
Amy's Valley of Humiliation"That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed."How dare you say so,…Walt Whitman: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Part 4
Part 4These and all else were to me the same as they are to you, I loved well those cities, loved well the stately and rapid river, The men and women I saw were all near to me, Others the…Sara Teasedale: Song
SongLove me with your whole heart Or give no love to me,Half-love is a poor thing, Neither bond nor free.You must love me gladly Soul and body too, Or else find a new love, And…The Devil's Dictionary: Archbishop
by Ambrose Bierce APRIL FOOLARCHITECTARCHBISHOP -n. An ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop. If I were a jolly archbishop, On Fridays I'd eat all the fish up —…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XII ("I asked no other thing")
by Emily Dickinson XI Exclusion XII I asked no other thing— No other—was denied— I offered Being—for it— The Mighty Merchant sneered— Brazil? He twirled a Button— Without a glance…Trending
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