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Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 4
Part 4Muscle and pluck forever! What invigorates life invigorates death, And the dead advance as much as the living advance, And the future is no more uncertain than the present, For the…Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XVIII
Sonnet XVII Sonnet XIX XVIII Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, November 20, 1804
Day 415 Day 417 Clark, November 20, 1804 20th November Tuesday 1804 Capt Lewis & my Self move into our huts, a verry hard wind from the W. all the after part of the day a temperate day…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, June 27, 1805
Day 743 Day 745 Clark, June 27, 1805 June 27th Thursday 1805 a fair warm morning wind from the S, E, and moderate. Serjt. Pryor Something better this morning, I proceed to finish a rough…Orchard by Hilda Doolittle
OrchardI saw the first pear As it fell — The honey-seeking, golden-banded, The yellow swarm Was not more fleet than I, (Spare us from loveliness) And I fell prostrate Crying: You have flayed…2006 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai (Grove/Atlantic) General Nonfiction: Rough Crossings:…Post Office Motto
The Question: I roughly recall that the motto of the U.S. Postal Service is in part, "Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night . . ." How does the rest go? Who wrote it? And…Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko sprang to international prominence in 2004, when he ran for president of the Ukraine against the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, then forced a re-vote after the…Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is the superstar boxer who used mettle and defensive prowess to go undefeated in 48 pro fights from 1996-2015. Boxing runs in Mayweather’s family: his father, Floyd Mayweather…Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift was a handsome and troubled leading man of stage and screen, most widely known for his Oscar-nominated performance as Pvt. Prewitt in the 1953 film From Here to Eternity.…