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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lines to Ellen

Lines to EllenTell me, maiden, dost thou use Thyself thro' Nature to diffuse? All the angles of the coast Were tenanted by thy sweet ghost, Bore thy colors every flower, Thine each leaf and…

Vachel Lindsay: The Flower of Mending

The Flower of MendingVachel LindsayWhen Dragon-fly would fix his wings, When Snail would patch his house, When moths have marred the overcoat Of tender Mister Mouse,The pretty creatures go…

Christina Rossetti: Summer

SummerWinter is cold-hearted Spring is yea and nay, Autumn is a weather-cock Blown every way: Summer days for me When every leaf is on its tree;When Robin's not a beggar, And Jenny Wren…

Olympia Snowe Biography

Olympia SnoweU.S. congresswoman, senatorBorn: 1947Birthplace: Augusta, Maine Snowe has been a U.S. senator from Maine since 1995. The daughter of Greek immigrants, Olympia Jean Bouchles…

Adelaide Crapsey: Cinquains

CinquainsAdelaide CrapseyFate DefiedAs it Were tissue of silver I'll wear, O fate, thy grey, And go mistily radiant, clad Like the moon. Night WindsThe old Old winds that blew When chaos was…

John Keats: Ode on Melancholy

by John Keats To AutumnOde on Melancholy No, no, go not to Lethe, neither twist Wolf's-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine; Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss'd…

Christina Rossetti: Shut Out

Shut OutThe door was shut. I looked between Its iron bars; and saw it lie, My garden, mine, beneath the sky, Pied with all flowers bedewed and green:From bough to bough the song-birds…