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Ralp Waldo Emerson: The Poet, I
IRight upward on the road of fame With sounding steps the poet came; Born and nourished in miracles, His feet were shod with golden bells, Or where he stepped the soil did peal As if the dust…Robert Frost: Birches
BirchesRobert FrostWhen I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy's been swinging them. But swinging doesn't bend them down to…Cale Young Rice: Kinchinjunga
Kinchinjunga(Which is the next highest of mountains)Cale Young RiceIO white Priest of Eternity, around Whose lofty summit veiling clouds arise Of the earth's immemorial sacrifice To Brahma in…Christina Rossetti: Light Love
Light Love'Oh, sad thy lot before I came, But sadder when I go; My presence but a flash of flame, A transitory glow Between two barren wastes like snow. What wilt thou do when I am gone…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 7, 1806
Day 1309 Day 1311 Clark, April 7, 1806 Monday April 7th 1806 This morning Drewyer & the two Fields Set out agreeably to their orders of last evening, the remainder of the party…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 22, 1806
Day 1345 Day 1347 Clark, April 22, 1806 Tuesday 22nd of April 1806 last night 2 of our horses broke loose and Strayed of at a Short dis-tance. at 7 oClock we loaded up and Set out, haveing…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, May 3, 1805
Day 633 Day 635 Clark, May 3, 1805 May 3rd Friday 1805 we Set out reather later this morning than usial owing to weather being verry cold, a frost last night and the Thermt. Stood this…Weather: Going in Circles
Going in CirclesWeatherGoing in CirclesFeeling the PressureHigh Points and LowWhat Makes the Weather Go 'RoundWhat's in a Name?Scales of Motion Now that you understand why the sky is blue and why it…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, May 15, 1806
Day 1391 Day 1393 Clark, May 15, 1806 Thursday 15th of May 1806 This morning Reubin Fields went out to hunt his horse very early and Saw a large bear and no great distance from Camp.…Brewer's: Neiges d'Antan
(The). A thing of the past. Literally, “last year's snows.” “Where are the snows of yester-year?” Rossetti. “The whole has melted away like the neiges d'antan.” - Nineteenth Century, June…