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The Valley of the Shadow
The Valley of the ShadowWhen the first bitterness was over, the family accepted the inevitable, and tried to bear it cheerfully, helping one another by the increased affection which comes to…Ralp Waldo Emerson: The Poet, II
IIThe gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk in the shaken pine, And fill the long reach of the old seashore With dialogue divine; And the poet who overhears Some random word they…Federalist No. 11
No 10 No 12 The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy For the Independent Journal.Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Preface by Mrs. Shelley to First Collected Edition
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Preface Preface by Mrs. Shelley Preface by Mrs. Shelley To First Collected Edition, 1839 Obstacles have long existed to my presenting the public with a perfect…William Shakespeare: Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spendUnthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy? Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend, And being frank she lends…Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne
A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borneA heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne From year to year until I saw thy face, And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly…Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Mountain Grave
A Mountain GraveWhy fear to die And let thy body lie Under the flowers of June, Thy body food For the ground-worms' brood And thy grave smiled on by the visiting moon. Amid great Nature's…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Xenophanes
XenophanesBy fate, not option, frugal Nature gave One scent to hyson and to wall-flower, One sound to pine-groves and to waterfalls, One aspect to the desert and the lake. It was her stern…The Devil's Dictionary: Land
by Ambrose Bierce LABORLANGUAGELAND -n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation…Tao Te Ching: Chapter 21
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge Chapter 20 Chapter 22 Chapter 21 1 The grandest forms of active force From Tao come, their only source. Who can of Tao the nature tell?…Trending
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