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Walt Whitman: I Hear It Was Charged Against Me
I Hear It Was Charged Against MeI hear it was charged against me that I sought to destroy institutions, But really I am neither for nor against institutions, (What indeed have I in common…Hernan Cortes
Hernan Cortes (also Hernando Cortez) was a Spanish explorer who took Mexico from the Aztecs in 1521. He first sailed from Spain in 1504 on a voyage to Santo Domingo, where he lived until joining…Aesop's Fables: The Crab and the Fox
by Aesop The Frogs and the WellThe Fox and the GrasshopperThe Crab and the Fox A Crab once left the sea-shore and went and settled in a meadow some way inland, which looked very nice and…Ana Betancourt
Name at birth: Ana Betancourt AgramonteAna Betancourt became a national heroine in Cuba because of her work as a Mambista -- a woman rebel against the Spanish colonialists. Betancourt was a pioneer…Sara Teasedale: Testament
TestamentI said, "I will take my life And throw it away; I who was fire and song Will turn to clay.""I will lie no more in the night With shaken breath, I will toss my heart in the…Walt Whitman: Me Imperturbe
Me ImperturbeMe imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature, Master of all or mistress of all, aplomb in the midst of irrational things, Imbued as they, passive, receptive, silent as they, Finding…Grasslands
Grasslands are places with hot, dry climates that are perfect for growing food. They are known throughout the world by different names. In the U.S. they are called prairies and extend from…Sara Teasedale: Sea Longing
Sea LongingA thousand miles beyond this sun-steeped wall Somewhere the waves creep cool along the sand, The ebbing tide forsakes the listless land With the old murmur, long and musical…Alfred Lord Tennyson: Sonnet ("Me my own fate")
Sonnet Me my own fate to lasting sorrow doometh: Thy woes are birds of passage, transitory: Thy spirit, circled with a living glory, In summer still a summer joy resumeth. Alone…Poem: Setting Sail
Poem 81 Poem 83 Setting Sail Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea, - Past the houses, past the headlands, Into deep eternity! Bred as we, among the mountains, Can the sailor…Trending
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