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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment
by Percy Bysshe Shelley DespairThe Spectral HorsemanFragment Yes! all is past—swift time has fled away, Yet its swell pauses on my sickening mind; How long will horror nerve this frame of…State of the Union Address: Harry S. Truman (January 7, 1953)
Harry S. Truman (January 7, 1953) To the Congress of the United States: I have the honor to report to the Congress on the state of the Union. This is the eighth such report that, as President, I…The Nymph Complaining for the Death of Her Faun
The Nymph Complaining for the Death of Her Faun The wanton Troopers riding by Have shot my Faun and it will dye. Ungentle men! They cannot thrive To kill thee. Thou neer didst alive Them any…Anne Bradstreet: Old Age
Old Age What you have been, ev'n such have I before, And all you say, say I, and something more. Babe's innocence, Youth's wildness I have seen, And in perplexed Middle-age have been,…John Donne: Expostulation XV. Interea insomnes
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, I know (for thou hast said it) that “he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep”: [Ps. 121:4] but shall not that Israel, over whom thou…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Author's Preface
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dedication Author's Preface The Poem which I now present to the world is an attempt from which I scarcely dare to expect success, and in which a writer of established…William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Act II, Scene II
Scene IIA room in the palaceEnter Duke Frederick, with LordsDuke FrederickCan it be possible that no man saw them? It cannot be: some villains of my court Are of consent and sufferance in…William Blake: The Book of Thel, III
by WilliamBlakeIIIVIII Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed. Art thou a Worm? image of weakness. art thou but a Worm? I see thee like an infant wrapped in the Lillys…Lewis Carroll: A Valentine
A ValentineSent to a friend who had complained that I was glad enough to see him when he came, but didn’t seem to miss him if he stayed away.And cannot pleasures, while they last, Be actual…Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
No 3 No 5 In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other Preliminaries to settle with the reader, than that he will…Trending
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