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Amy Lowell: The Bombardment
The BombardmentSlowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and trickling over his stone cloak. It…Brewer's: Kremlin
(The). A gigantic pile of buildings in Moscow of every style of architecture: Arabesque palaces, Gothic forts, Greek temples, Italian steeples, Chinese pavilions, and Cyclopean walls. It…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 5
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 4 Canto 6 Canto 5 Over the utmost hill at length I sped, A snowy steep:—the moon was hanging low Over the Asian mountains, and outspread The plain, the City, and…figwort
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Figwort, Scrophularia lanceolata figwort, common name for some members of the Scrophulariaceae, a family comprising chiefly herbs and small shrubs and distributed widely over…Cologne
(Encyclopedia) Cologne Cologne kəlōnˈ [key], Ger. Köln, city (2021 est. metro area pop. 1,129,…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, July 15, 1806
Day 1504 Day 1506 Lewis, July 15, 1806 Tuesday July 15th 1806. Dispatched McNeal early this morning to the lower part of portage in order to learn whether the Cash and white perogue…The Divine Comedy: Six Sonnets on Dante's Divine Comedy by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
ParadisoPostscript Six Sonnets on Dante's Divine Comedy by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat,…Alfred Lord Tennyson: II
II From that time forth I would not see her more, But many weary moons I lived alone— Alone, and in the heart of the great forest. Sometimes upon the hills beside the sea All day I…Brewer's: Cock-crow
The Hebrews divided the night into four watches: 1, The “beginning of the watches” or “even” (Lam. ii. 19); 2, “The middle watch” or “midnight” (Judg. vii. 19); 3, “The cock-crowing;” 4, “…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 19, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 18, 1806July 20, 1806July 20, 1806July 19, 1806 Saturday July 19th 1806. Drewyer and J. Fields set out early this morning in conformity to…Trending
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