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Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Sea

by EmilyDickinsonA TempestIn the GardenThe Sea The Sea An everywhere of silver, With ropes of sand To keep it from effacing The track called land.

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Time: Sunset.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dramatis PersonaeNote on Hellas, by Mrs. ShelleyTime: Sunset. Time: Sunset. Scene: A terrace on the Seraglio. Mahmud sleeping, an indian slave sitting beside…

2 Esdras: 13

2 Esdras Chapter 13 1 And it came to pass after seven days, I dreamed a dream by night: 2 And, lo, there arose a wind from the sea, that it moved all the waves thereof. 3 And…

The Devil's Dictionary: Friendship

by Ambrose Bierce FRIENDLESSFROGFRIENDSHIP -n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul. The sea was calm and the sky was blue; Merrily, merrily sailed we…

The Devil's Dictionary: Reporter

by Ambrose Bierce REPLICAREPOSEREPORTER -n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. "More dear than all my bosom knows, O thou Whose 'lips…

Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald was a staple of 1980s Hollywood movies about suburban teens, including Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. This made her an acknowledged member of the "Brat Pack," an unofficial…

Rachel Kempson 2003 Deaths

Rachel KempsonAge: 92 actress and matriarch of the Redgrave family of actors. She was a respected stage actress in England, appearing in several Shakespeare plays, including The Tempest and…

David Diamond 2005 Deaths

David DiamondAge: 89 prolific, meticulous composer who wrote 10 string quartets, 11 symphonies, and several concertos. He composed music for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, and…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: 'Mighty Eagle'

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Another Fragment: To MusicTo the Lord Chancellor'Mighty Eagle' Supposed to be Addressed to William Godwin Published in 1882 ("Poetical Works of P. B. S.") by Mr. H…