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Poems by Emily Dickinson: Loyalty

Song VIII Loyalty Split the lark and you'll find the music, Bulb after bulb, in silver rolled, Scantily dealt to the summer morning, Saved for your ear when lutes be old.…

Shulamite

(Encyclopedia) ShulamiteShulamitesh&oomacr;ˈləmīt [key], female character of the Song of Solomon. See Shunem.

Vinh

(Encyclopedia) VinhVinhvĭn [key], city (1989 pop. 175,167), E central Vietnam, near the Song Ca River and the Gulf of Tonkin coast. It is the commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area…

Prince

(Encyclopedia) Prince, 1958–2016, American singer and songwriter, b. Minneapolis, Minn., as Prince Rogers Nelson. Biracial, slim, and sexily androgynous, he was an electrifying performer who composed…

Queen Latifah

(Encyclopedia) Queen Latifah , 1970- , African-American rapper, songwriter, and actress, b. Newark, N.J., as Dana Elaine Owens. In a musical style…

Price, Lloyd

(Encyclopedia) Price, Lloyd, 1933-2021, b. Kenner, La. Price began his first band at age 18 while also working in construction. Signed to Specialty…

Magnificat

(Encyclopedia) MagnificatMagnificatmăgnĭfˈĭkăt [key] [Lat.,=magnifies], song of the Virgin Mary, beginning “Magnificat anima mea Dominum” [my soul doth magnify the Lord], from Luke 1.46–55. It is the…

Nunc dimittis

(Encyclopedia) Nunc dimittisNunc dimittisnŭngk dĭmĭtˈĭs [key] [Lat.,=now you are dismissing], the opening words of Simeon's song of praise on the occasion of the presentation of the infant Jesus in…

Thanh Hoa

(Encyclopedia) Thanh HoaThanh Hoatän wä [key], city, E central N Vietnam, near the mouth of the Song Ma River, in a cotton-growing area. It is on the highway and railroad from Hanoi south to the…