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Ralph Waldo Emerson: May-Day

May-DayDaughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Teaching Barren moors to smile, Painting pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup with cowslip-wreaths, Whence a…

Christina Rossetti: Goblin Market

Goblin MarketMorning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: 'Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges, Plump unpecked cherries, Melons and…

Uncle Teddy

Uncle TeddyFor a week Dan only moved from bed to sofa; a long week and a hard one, for the hurt foot was very painful at times, the quiet days were very wearisome to the active lad, longing…

The Crisis

by Carrie Chapman Catt I have taken for my subject, "The Crisis," because I believe that a crisis has come in our movement which, if recognized and the opportunity seized with vigor,…

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Summary

A Midsummer Night's Dream There was a law in the city of Athens which gave to its citizens the power of compelling their daughters to marry whomsoever they pleased; for upon a daughter's…

Camping by the Pacific

Chapter 17 Chapter 19 Camping by the Pacific Next in importance to the building of a winter camp was the fixing of a place where salt could be made. Salt is absolutely necessary…

Overland east of the Columbia

Chapter 20 Chapter 22 Overland east of the Columbia It was now early in May, and the expedition, travelling eastward along Touchet Creek, were in the country of their friends,…

Lewis & Clark: Camping by the Pacific

by NoahBrooks From Tidewater to the SeaWith Faces turned HomewardCamping by the Pacific Next in importance to the building of a winter camp was the fixing of a place…

comedy

(Encyclopedia) comedy, literary work that aims primarily to provoke laughter. Unlike tragedy, which seeks to engage profound emotions and sympathies, comedy strives to entertain chiefly through…