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Walt Whitman: Lo, Victress on the Peaks
Lo, Victress on the PeaksLo, Victress on the peaks, Where thou with mighty brow regarding the world, (The world O Libertad, that vainly conspired against thee,) Out of its countless…Joyce Kilmer: Poets
PoetsJoyce KilmerVain is the chiming of forgotten bells That the wind sways above a ruined shrine. Vainer his voice in whom no longer dwells Hunger that craves immortal Bread and Wine.Light…The Devil's Dictionary: Exception
by Ambrose Bierce EVERLASTINGEXCESSEXCEPTION -n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. "The exception proves…Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles was the greatest hero of the Trojan War and the central character of Homer's epic poem Iliad. Although completely reliable evidence is absent, most scholars date the…The Iliad of Homer: The Fifth Battle at the Ships; and the Acts of Ajax
Juno Deceives Jupiter by the G... The Sixth Battle, the Acts and... The Fifth Battle at the Ships; and the Acts of Ajax. Jupiter, awaking, sees the Trojans repulsed from the trenches…Amy Lowell: A Winter Ride
A Winter RideWho shall declare the joy of the running! Who shall tell of the pleasures of flight! Springing and spurning the tufts of wild heather, Sweeping, wide-winged, through the blue…Walt Whitman: Song of the Exposition, Part 4
Part 4But hold—don't I forget my manners? To introduce the stranger, (what else indeed do I live to chant for?) to thee Columbia; In liberty's name welcome immortal! clasp hands, And ever…Isabella Rossellini
Name at birth: Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna RosselliniActress, model, cosmetics spokeswoman and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini is probably best known for her role as Dorothy Vallens in the 1986…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Numen Lumen
by EmilyDickinsonDreamsLongingNumen Lumen Numen Lumen I live with him, I see his face; I go no more away For visitor, or sundown; Death's single privacy, The only one forestalling…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XII ("How dare the robins sing")
by EmilyDickinsonXIDeathXII How dare the robins sing, When men and women hear Who since they went to their account Have settled with the year! — Paid all that life had earned In one…Trending
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