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Amy Lowell: Διψα

ΔιψαLook, Dear, how bright the moonlight is to-night! See where it casts the shadow of that tree Far out upon the grass. And every gust Of light night wind comes laden with the scent Of…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Hamatreya

HamatreyaBulkeley, Hunt, Willard, Hosmer, Meriam, Flint, Possessed the land which rendered to their toil Hay, corn, roots, hemp, flax, apples, wool and wood. Each of these landlords walked…

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

by W. B. Yeats This BookBelief and UnbeliefA Teller of Tales Many of the tales in this book were told me by one Paddy Flynn, a little bright-eyed old man, who lived in a leaky and one-…

1 Corinthians: 15

1 Corinthians Chapter 15 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are…

Shakespeare's Sonnets

William ShakespeareContentsFrom fairest creatures we desire increaseWhen forty winters shall besiege thy browLook in thy glass and tell the face thou viewestUnthrifty loveliness, why dost thou…

Sara Teasedale: Sappho III

Sappho IIIFrom " Helen of Troy and Other Poems."The twilight's inner flame grows blue and deep, And in my Lesbos, over leagues of sea, The temples glimmer moon-wise in the trees. Twilight has…

Christina Rossetti: Sleep at Sea

Sleep at SeaSound the deep waters:— Who shall sound that deep?— Too short the plummet, And the watchmen sleep. Some dream of effort Up a toilsome steep; Some dream of pasture grounds…

Sara Teasdale: Sappho

SapphoSara TeasdaleThe twilight's inner flame grows blue and deep, And in my Lesbos, over leagues of sea, The temples glimmer moonwise in the trees. Twilight has veiled the little flower face…

Brewer's: Land of Shadows

(Gone to the). Fallen asleep. Shadows = dreams, or shadows of realities. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Land of Stars and StripesLand of Promise A B C D…

Brewer's: Drop off

(To). “Friends drop off,” fall away gradually. “To drop off to sleep,” to fall asleep (especially in weariness or sickness). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…