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(Encyclopedia) preludepreludeprāˈl&oomacr;d [key], musical composition of no universal style, usually for the keyboard. It was originally used to precede a ceremony and later a second, often…

Poem: Preludes

14 - Portrait of a Lady Rhapsody on a Windy Night - 16 Preludes I The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days…

Poems: Preludes

by T. S. Eliot Portrait of a LadyRhapsody on a Windy NightPreludesIIIIIIIV

T. S. Eliot: Preludes, I

by T. S. Eliot III The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of…

T. S. Eliot: Preludes, II

by T. S. Eliot IIIIII The morning comes to consciousness Of faint stale smells of beer From the sawdust-trampled street With all its muddy feet that press To early coffee-stands. With…

T. S. Eliot: Preludes, III

by T. S. Eliot IIIVIII You tossed a blanket from the bed, You lay upon your back, and waited; You dozed, and watched the night revealing The thousand sordid images Of which your soul was…

T. S. Eliot: Preludes, IV

by T. S. Eliot IIIIV His soul stretched tight across the skies That fade behind a city block, Or trampled by insistent feet At four and five and six o'clock; And short square fingers…

Walt Whitman: First O Songs for a Prelude

First O Songs for a PreludeFirst O songs for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum pride and joy in my city, How she led the rest to arms, how she gave the cue, How at once with…

Benedict XI

(Encyclopedia) Benedict XI, d. 1304, pope (1303–4), an Italian (b. Treviso) named Niccolo Boccasini; successor of Boniface VIII. Prior to his election he had been master general of the Dominican…

Runciman, Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Runciman, Walter Runciman, 1st ViscountRunciman, Walter Runciman, 1st Viscountrŭnˈsĭmən [key], 1870–1949, British shipping magnate and public official. He inherited his father's large…