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Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Parting
by EmilyDickinsonA SyllableAspirationParting Parting My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me, So huge, so hopeless to…Sara Teasdale: The Wine
The WineI cannot die, who drank delight From the cup of the crescent moon, And hungrily as men eat bread, Loved the scented nights of June.The rest may die — but is there not Some shining…Classical Mythology: Three's a Crowd: The Olympian Love Triangle
Three's a Crowd: The Olympian Love TriangleClassical MythologyThe A Team: Olympians AllFirst in War, First in Peace: AthenaThree's a Crowd: The Olympian Love TriangleFirst of the Red-Hot Lovers:…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Hymn to Mercury
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Homer's Hymn to Castor and PolluxHymn to Mercury Translated from the Greek of Homer Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. This alone of the "…Walt Whitman: Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals
Ages and Ages Returning at IntervalsAges and ages returning at intervals, Undestroy'd, wandering immortal, Lusty, phallic, with the potent original loins, perfectly sweet, I, chanter of…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Proof
by EmilyDickinsonWith a FlowerIXProof Proof That I did always love, I bring thee proof: That till I loved I did not love enough. That I shall love alway, I offer thee That love is life,…The Devil's Dictionary: Die
by Ambrose Bierce DICTIONARYDIGESTIONDIE -n. The singular of "dice." We seldom hear the word, because there is a prohibitory proverb, "Never say die." At long intervals, however, some one…The Devil's Dictionary: Immoral
by Ambrose Bierce IMMODESTIMMORTALITYIMMORAL -adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be…The Devil's Dictionary: Scarabaeus
by Ambrose Bierce SAWSCARABEESCARABAEUS -n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God…Walt Whitman: To Think of Time, Part 9
Part 9I swear I think now that every thing without exception has an eternal soul! The trees have, rooted in the ground! the weeds of the sea have! the animals!I swear I think there is…Trending
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