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Alfred Lord Tennyson: No More

No More O sad No more! O sweet No more! O strange No more! By a mossed brookbank on a stone I smelt a wildweed flower alone; There was a ringing in my…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: May-Flower

by EmilyDickinsonIWhy?May-Flower May-Flower Pink, small, and punctual, Aromatic, low, Covert in April, Candid in May, Dear to the moss, Known by the knoll, Next to the robin In every…

Are There Trees in Iceland?

The Question: I would like to know where in Iceland trees grow. In what city or cities can they be found? The Answer: There aren't many trees…

Orrin Hatch

Orrin Hatch became a U.S. senator from Utah in 1977 and held the post for more than four decades. He left office in 2019. Orrin Hatch was born in Pennsylvania and graduated from Brigham Young…

Margaret Atwood

A prolific writer and a hit with literary critics, Canada's Margaret Atwood became internationally famous after the popular and critical success of her 1984 novel, The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood began…

Miller, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Miller, Arthur, 1915–2005, American dramatist, b. New York City, grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1938. One of America's most distinguished playwrights, he has been hailed as the finest…

shoe

(Encyclopedia) shoe, foot covering, usually of leather, consisting of a sole and a portion above the sole called an upper. In prehistoric times skins or hides may have been tied around the foot for…