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The Devil's Dictionary: Sacerdotalist
by Ambrose Bierce SABBATHSACRAMENTSACERDOTALIST -n. One who holds the belief that a clergyman is a priest. Denial of this momentous doctrine is the hardest challenge that is now flung into…Parts of Speech: Adjectives: Happy Little Clouds
Adjectives: Happy Little CloudsParts of SpeechGrammarNouns: Prime-Time PlayersVerbs: All the Right MovesConjunctions: The Ties That BindPrepositions: Good Things Come in Small PackagesAdjectives:…Francis Arinze
Cardinal Francis Arinze is an African who for a time was considered to be a possible successor to Pope John Paul II. Born to a family of Nigeria's Ibo tribe, Francis Arinze became a Christian at the…The Devil's Dictionary: Sacred
by Ambrose Bierce SACRAMENTSANDLOTTERSACRED -adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Love's Humility
by EmilyDickinsonConsecrationLoveLove's Humility Love's Humility My worthiness is all my doubt, His merit all my fear, Contrasting which, my qualities Do lowlier appear; Lest I…The Devil's Dictionary: Ubiquity
by Ambrose Bierce UGLINESSUBIQUITY -n. The gift or power of being in all places at one time, but not in all places at all times, which is omnipresence, an attribute of God and the…Poems by Emily Dickinson: Nature's Changes
by EmilyDickinsonThe TulipNature's Changes Nature's Changes The springtime's pallid landscape Will glow like bright bouquet, Though drifted deep in parian The village lies to-day.…John Donne: Expostulation VII. Socios sibi jungier instat
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, thy blessed servant Augustine begged of thee that Moses might come and tell him what he meant by some places of Genesis: may I have leave to ask of…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Marenghi
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Woodman and the NightingaleSonnetMarenghi This fragment refers to an event told in Sismondi's "Histoire des Republiques Italiennes", which occurred during the…Poems by Emily Dickinson: III ("A light exists in spring")
by EmilyDickinsonThe TulipThe Waking YearIII A light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is scarcely here A color stands abroad On solitary…Trending
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