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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Epipsychidion, Preface 1

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Preface 2 Preface 1 The following Poem was found amongst other papers in the Portfolio of a young Englishman with whom the Editor had contracted an intimacy at Florence…

Kendrick Lamar

Name at birth: Kendrick Lamar DuckworthKendrick Lamar is a hip-hop star from Compton, California, the rapper of the hit singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)" and "Poetic Justice," and the Grammy-winning…

Bob Dylan

Name at birth: Robert Allen ZimmermanBob Dylan is a towering figure of late 20th century pop music, known for such songs as "All Along The Watchtower" (made into a hit by Jimi Hendrix), "Like a…

The Koran/Preface

Preface It is necessary that some brief explanation should be given with reference to the arrangement of the Suras, or chapters, adopted in this translation of the Koran. It should be…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Verses on a Cat

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: OmensVerses on a Cat Published by Hogg, "Life of Shelley", 1858; dated 1800. 1. A cat in distress, Nothing more, nor less; Good folks, I must faithfully…

The Koran/Sura CV — The Elephant

Sura CV — The ElephantMecca — 5 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful HAST thou not seen[61] how thy Lord dealt with the army of the ELEPHANT? Did he not cause their…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: IV

IVThe civil world will much forgive To bards who from its maxims live, But if, grown bold, the poet dare Bend his practice to his prayer And following his mighty heart Shame the times and…

John Gould Fletcher

Fletcher, John Gould[1886-1950](2)Born at Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 3, 1886. He was educated in the public schools of Little Rock, in Phillips Academy, Andover, and at Harvard University, but…

Oppenheim, James

Oppenheim, James[1882-1932](3)Born at St. Paul, Minn., May 24, 1882, but a resident of New York City, where he has spent most of his life. He was educated at Columbia University and first…

William Vaughn Moody

Moody, William Vaughn[1869-1910](3)Born at Spencer, Indiana, July 8, 1869. Educated at Riverside Academy, New York, and at Harvard. In 1895 he became Assistant Professor of English in the…