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Christina Rossetti: Winter Rain

Winter RainEvery valley drinks, Every dell and hollow: Where the kind rain sinks and sinks, Green of Spring will follow.Yet a lapse of weeks Buds will burst their edges, Strip their…

Alan Seeger: I have a Rendezvous with Death

I have a Rendezvous with DeathAlan SeegerI have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms fill the air — I have a…

Charles Heber DICKERMAN, Congress, PA (1843-1915)

DICKERMAN Charles Heber , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Harford, Susquehanna County, Pa., February 3, 1843; attended the public schools of his native village and was graduated from…

Edward Oliver WOLCOTT, Congress, CO (1848-1905)

Senate Years of Service: 1889-1901 Party: Republican WOLCOTT Edward Oliver , a Senator from Colorado; born in Long Meadow, Hampden County, Mass., March 26, 1848; attended the common schools;…

Daniel D. TOMPKINS, Congress, NY (1774-1825)

TOMPKINS, Daniel D., (brother of Caleb Tompkins), a Representative from New York and a Vice President of the United States; born in Fox Meadows (later Scarsdale), Westchester County, N.Y.,…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Aziola

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Sonnet: Political GreatnessA LamentThe Aziola Published by Mrs. Shelley in "The Keepsake", 1829. 1. 'Do you not hear the Aziola cry? Methinks she must be nigh,'…

Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes is the TV and movie star whose marriage to Tom Cruise also made her a tabloid favorite of the early 21st century. Katie Holmes first became a TV star as Josephine "Joey" Potter on the…

Walt Whitman: Salut au Monde!, Part 7

Part 7I see the battle-fields of the earth, grass grows upon them and blossoms and corn, I see the tracks of ancient and modern expeditions.I see the nameless masonries, venerable…