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Sara Teasdale: The Long Hill

The Long HillI must have passed the crest a while ago And now I am going down — Strange to have crossed the crest and not to know, But the brambles were always catching the hem of my gown.…

Lauryn Hill, 1999 News

24, versatile singer and record producer, fused rap, soul, reggae, and R&B on her chart-topping, Grammy-winning solo debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. In February, she walked away…

Christina Rossetti: Up-Hill

Up-HillDoes the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.But is there for the night a resting-…

Robert Frost: The Hill Wife

The Hill WifeRobert FrostLoneliness(Her Word)One ought not to have to care So much as you and I Care when the birds come round the house To seem to say good-bye;Or care so much when…

Witter Bynner: Hills of Home

Hills of HomeWitter BynnerName me no names for my disease, With uninforming breath; I tell you I am none of these, But homesick unto death —Homesick for hills that I had known, For…

Edwin Markham: The Joy of the Hills

The Joy of the HillsEdwin MarkhamI ride on the mountain tops, I ride; I have found my life and am satisfied. Onward I ride in the blowing oats, Checking the field-lark's rippling notes…

Arthur Hill 2006 Deaths

Arthur HillAge: 84 actor who won a Tony Award for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He was also in many films and television series, including the title role in Owen Marshall…

Brewer's: Mountains of Mole-hills

To make mountains of mole-hills. To make a great fuss about trifles. “Ex cloaca arccm facere” (Cicero.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MountebankMountain-…

Brewer's: Carbuncle of Ward Hill

(The). A mysterious carbuncle visible enough to those who stand at the foot of the hill in May, June or July; but never beheld by anyone who has succeeded in reaching the hill top. “I…

Brewer's: City of the Seven Hills

(The). Rome, built on seven hills (Urbs septacollis ). The hills are the Aventine, Cælian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, and Viminal. The AVENTINE HILL was given to the…