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Stephen Crane: Intrigue

IntrigueThou art my love, And thou art the peace of sundown When the blue shadows soothe, And the grasses and the leaves sleep To the song of the little brooks, Woe is me. Thou art my love,…

Christina Rossetti: Twilight Calm

Twilight Calm Oh, pleasant eventide! Clouds on the western side Grow grey and greyer hiding the warm sun: The bees and birds, their happy labours done, Seek their close nests and…

Brewer's: Madge

An owl. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Madge WildfireMademoiselle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Ascalaphos

Turned by Proserpine, for mischief-making, into an owl. (Greek fable.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AscapartAsbolos A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Eulen-spiegel

(Thyl) or Tyll Owl-glass. The hero of a German tale, which relates the pranks and drolleries, the ups and downs, the freaks and fun of a wandering cottager of Brunswick. The author is said…

Helen Gray Cone: The Ride to the Lady

The Ride to the LadyHelen Gray Cone"Now since mine even is come at last, — For I have been the sport of steel, And hot life ebbeth from me fast, And I in saddle roll and reel, — Come bind me…

Brewer's: Froude's Cat

This cat wanted to know what was good for life, and everyone gave her queer answers. The owl said, “Meditate, O cat;” and so she tried to think which could have come first, the fowl or the…