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A Boy's Will: A Prayer in Spring

by Robert Frost To the Thawing WindFlower-gatheringA Prayer in Spring He discovers that the greatness of love lies not in forward-looking thoughts; OH, give us pleasure in the flowers…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Going

by EmilyDickinsonA Country BurialXXVGoing Going On such a night, or such a night, Would anybody care If such a little figure Slipped quiet from its chair, So quiet, oh, how quiet! That…

The Cider House Rules

Director:Lasse HallstromWriter:John IrvingMiramax Films; PG-13; 125 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Erykah Badu Novelist John Irving adapted his…

Daniel Read ANTHONY, Jr., Congress, KS (1870-1931)

ANTHONY Daniel Read, Jr. , a Representative from Kansas; born in Leavenworth, Kans., August 22, 1870; attended the public schools, the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake, and the University…

William Fred BIRCH, Congress, NJ (1870-1946)

BIRCH William Fred , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., August 30, 1870; moved with his parents to Phillipsburg, N.J., in 1872 and to Dover, Morris County, N.J., in 1874;…

John LESINSKI, Jr., Congress, MI (1914-2005)

LESINSKI John, Jr. , a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 28, 1914; at the age of eleven years moved with his parents to Dearborn, Mich.; attended the…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Oriole

by EmilyDickinsonThe Oriole's SecretIn ShadowThe Oriole The Oriole One of the ones that Midas touched, Who failed to touch us all, Was that confiding prodigal, The blissful oriole. So…

James Luther SLAYDEN, Congress, TX (1853-1924)

SLAYDEN James Luther , a Representative from Texas; born in Mayfield, Graves County, Ky., June 1, 1853; upon the death of his father in 1869 moved with his mother to New Orleans, La.; attended the…

John LESINSKI, Congress, MI (1885-1950)

LESINSKI John , a Representative from Michigan; born in Erie, Pa., January 3, 1885; and three months later moved with his parents to Detroit, Mich.; attended St. Albertus School, St. Cyril and…

Robert Graves: Cherry-Time

Cherry-TimeCherries of the night are riper Than the cherries pluckt at noon Gather to your fairy piper When he pipes his magic tune: Merry, merry, Take a cherry; Mine…