Search

Search results

Displaying 171 - 180

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald), 1896–1940, American novelist and short-story writer, b. St. Paul, Minn. He is ranked among the great American writers of the 20th…

Eve

According to the Bible, Eve was the Earth's first woman and the mate of Adam in the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 2:21, God takes a rib from Adam and uses it to create Eve. Eve is tempted by Satan (in…

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Name at birth: Francis Scott Key FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the best known American authors of the 1920s and '30s and is closely associated with the optimism and excesses of that era's…

Recommended Online Poetry Collections

Poetry resources and poetry in the public domain compiled by David Johnson Follow, poet, follow right To the bottom of the night, With your unconstraining voice Still persuade us…

The Devil's Dictionary: Houri

by Ambrose Bierce HOSTILITYHOUSEHOURI -n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble…

Caprice Bourret

Though born in America, Caprice Bourret is better known in England, where she became a top model in the 1990s. She then became an all-purpose celebrity known only as "Caprice," starring in the ITV…

Walt Whitman: The Prairie States

The Prairie StatesA newer garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and farms, With iron interlaced, composite, tied, many in one, By all the…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Possession

by EmilyDickinsonAt HomeXPossession Possession Did the harebell loose her girdle To the lover bee, Would the bee the harebell hallow Much as formerly? Did the paradise, persuaded, Yield…