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A. E. Housman: In my own shire, if I was sad

In my own shire, if I was sad Homely comforters I had: The earth, because my heart was sore, Sorrowed for the son she bore; And standing hills, long to remain, Shared their short-lived…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1

1When the pine tosses its cones To the song of its waterfall tones, Who speeds to the woodland walks? To birds and trees who talks? Caesar of his leafy Rome, There the poet is at home. He…

James WILSON, Congress, NH (1797-1881)

WILSON James , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Peterboro, N.H., March 18, 1797; attended the academies at New Ipswich, Atkinson, and Exeter; moved with his parents to Keene, N.H., in…

Samuel MOORE, Congress, PA (1774-1861)

MOORE Samuel , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Deerfield (now Deerfield Street), Cumberland County, N.J., February 8, 1774; pursued an academic course and was graduated from the…

Cassius Clay DOWELL, Congress, IA (1864-1940)

DOWELL Cassius Clay , a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm near Summerset, Warren County, Iowa, February 29, 1864; attended the public schools, Baptist College at Des Moines, Iowa, and…

Byron Berry HARLAN, Congress, OH (1886-1949)

HARLAN Byron Berry , a Representative from Ohio; born in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, October 22, 1886; moved with his parents to Dayton, Ohio, in 1894; attended the public schools; was…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Summons

The SummonsA sterner errand to the silken troop Has quenched the uneasy blush that warmed my cheek; I am commissioned in my day of joy To leave my woods and streams and the sweet sloth Of…

Stewart Lyndon WOODFORD, Congress, NY (1835-1913)

WOODFORD Stewart Lyndon , a Representative from New York; born in New York City September 3, 1835; was graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University), New York City, in 1854; studied…

WILSON, James, Congress, NH (1797-1881)

WILSON, James, (son of James Wilson [1766-1839]), a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Peterboro, N.H., March 18, 1797; attended the academies at New Ipswich, Atkinson, and Exeter; moved…