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Gnosticism
(Encyclopedia) GnosticismGnosticismnŏsˈtĭsĭzəm [key], dualistic religious and philosophical movement of the late Hellenistic and early Christian eras. The term designates a wide assortment of sects,…Aeschylus
(Encyclopedia) AeschylusAeschylusĕsˈkĭləs, ēsˈ– [key], 525–456 b.c., Athenian tragic dramatist, b. Eleusis. The first of the three great Greek writers of tragedy, Aeschylus was the predecessor of…Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Harp
The HarpOne musician is sure, His wisdom will not fail, He has not tasted wine impure, Nor bent to passion frail. Age cannot cloud his memory, Nor grief untune his voice, Ranging down the…Brewer's: Bolt
An arrow, a shaft (Anglo-Saxon, bolta; Danish, bolt; Greek, ballo, to cast; Latin, pello, to drive). A door bolt is a shaft of wood or iron, which may be shot or driven forward to secure a…Brewer's: Shakespeare
usually called “Gentle Will.” His wife was Anne Hathaway, of Shottery, about eight years older than himself. He had one son, named Hamnet, who died in his twelfth year, and two daughters.…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1786
by Robert Burns 178517871786ContentsThe Auld Farmer's New-Year-Morning Salutation To His Auld Mare, MaggieThe Twa DogsThe Author's Earnest Cry And PrayerThe OrdinationEpistle To James SmithThe…Coleridge: The Beginnings
At Nether StoweyThe Beginnings Coleridge lived in what may safely be called the most momentous period of modern history. In the year following his birth Warren Hastings was appointed first…Memorial Poetry
top all the clocks, cut off the telephone . . . compiled by Erin Teare Excerpts from memorial poems by some of the world's greatest poets, including William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, and E. E…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1794
by Robert Burns Versicles, A.D. 179317951794ContentsRemorseful ApologyWilt Thou Be My Dearie?A Fiddler In The NorthThe Minstrel At LincludenA VisionA Red, Red RoseYoung Jamie, Pride Of A' The…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Double Damnation
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Damnation Note on Peter Bell the Third, ... Double Damnation The Devil now knew his proper cue.— Soon as he read the ode, he drove To his friend Lord MacMurderchouse's…Trending
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