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Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXVII ("On the bleakness of my lot")
by EmilyDickinsonXXVIContrastXXVII On the bleakness of my lot Bloom I strove to raise. Late, my acre of a rock Yielded grape and maize. Soil of flint if steadfast tilled Will…Elisha Graves Otis
Elisha Graves Otis invented the first safe elevator system and in 1853 founded what is still the world's largest and best-known elevator manufacturing company. He grew up on a farm in Vermont, and…Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 2
Part 2Welcome are all earth's lands, each for its kind, Welcome are lands of pine and oak, Welcome are lands of the lemon and fig, Welcome are lands of gold, Welcome are lands of wheat and…corn
(Encyclopedia) corn, in botany. The name corn is given to the leading cereal crop of any major region. In England corn means wheat; in Scotland and Ireland, oats. The grain called corn in the United…Nancy Landon Kassebaum Biography
Nancy Landon Kassebaumformer U.S. senator from KansasBorn: 7/29/1932Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas Kassebaum has politics in her blood. Her father, Alfred M. Landon, served as governor of Kansas…Walt Whitman: Starting from Paumanok, Part 18
Part 18See, steamers steaming through my poems, See, in my poems immigrants continually coming and landing, See, in arriere, the wigwam, the trail, the hunter's hut, the flat-boat, the…Walt Whitman: The Return of the Heroes
The Return of the HeroesPart 1For the lands and for these passionate days and for myself, Now I awhile retire to thee O soil of autumn fields, Reclining on thy breast, giving myself to thee,…The Full Story of the First Thanksgiving
The origins of Thanksgiving trace far back in American history. Its roots are deeply embedded into the country's culture and traditions, celebrated annually by families and friends gathering around…Academic Costume: Colors Associated With Fields
Field ColorAgriculture MaizeArts, Letters, Humanities WhiteCommerce, Accountancy, Business DrabDentistry LilacEconomics CopperEducation Light blueEngineering OrangeFine Arts, Architecture…The Song of Hiawatha: Hiawatha's Fasting
Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis Hiawatha's Friends Hiawatha's Fasting You shall hear how Hiawatha Prayed and fasted in the forest, Not for greater skill in hunting, Not for greater craft…Trending
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