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Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Life

by EmilyDickinsonPrefaceLoveLifeReal RichesSuperiority to FateHopeForbidden Fruit (I)Forbidden Fruit (II)A WordVIILife's TradesIXXXIA SyllablePartingAspirationThe InevitableA BookXVIIA PortraitI Had…

Spanish language

(Encyclopedia) CEE Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19…

Brewer's: Pythagoras

son of Mnesarchos, was called son of Apollo or Pythios, from the first two syllables of his name; but he was called Pythagoras because the Pythian oracle predicted his birth. Pythagoras,…

Brewer's: Do

A contraction of ditto, which is the Italian détto (said), Latin dictus. How do you do? i.e. How do you fare? It should be, How do you du (Anglo-Saxon, dug-an = valere); in Latin, Quomodo…

William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act V, Scene V

Scene VDunsinane. Within the castleEnter Macbeth, Seyton, and Soldiers, with drum and coloursMacbethHang out our banners on the outward walls; The cry is still 'They come:' our castle's…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Harp

The HarpOne musician is sure, His wisdom will not fail, He has not tasted wine impure, Nor bent to passion frail. Age cannot cloud his memory, Nor grief untune his voice, Ranging down the…

John Gould Fletcher: Lincoln

LincolnJohn Gould FletcherILike a gaunt, scraggly pine Which lifts its head above the mournful sandhills; And patiently, through dull years of bitter silence, Untended and uncared for, starts…