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2 Maccabees: 4

2 Maccabees Chapter 4 1 This Simon now, of whom we spake afore, having been a betrayer of the money, and of his country, slandered Onias, as if he ha terrified Heliodorus, and been the worker of…

1 Maccabees: 13

1 Maccabees Chapter 13 1 Now when Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a great host to invade the land of Judea, and destroy it, 2 And saw that the people was in great…

Thomas S. Jones, Jr: Four Sonnets

Four SonnetsThomas S. Jones, JrSanctuaryHow may one hold these days of wonderment And bind them into stillness with a thong, Ere as a fleeting dream they pass along Into the waste of lovely…

Jeb Bush: Campaign Issues

Where he stands Jeb Bush, 2015 Source: Jim Cole for Associated Press Related Links Hillary Clinton: Campaign Issues Campaign 2016 Closest Presidential Races…

French Possessions

Bassas da India (0.1 sq mi, 0.2 sq km), a French possession since 1897, is an uninhabited volcanic atoll off the southeastern coast of Africa in the Mozambique channel. Map of Bassas da India…

Ezekiel: 23

Ezekiel Chapter 23 1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt;…

Brewer's: Forty

A superstitious number, arising from the Scripture use. Thus Moses was forty days in the mount; Elijah was forty days fed by ravens; the rain of the flood fell forty days, and another…

Amos: 7

Amos Chapter 7 1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the…

Flame and Shadow, by Sara Teasdale

  Sara Teasdale Dedication To E. "Recois la flamme ou l'ombre De tous mes jours." Contents Part I Blue Squills Stars "What Do I Care?" Meadowlarks Driftwood "I…