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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Sphinx

The SphinxThe Sphinx is drowsy, Her wings are furled: Her ear is heavy, She broods on the world. "Who'll tell me my secret, The ages have kept?— I awaited the seer While they…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To the Lord Chancellor

by Percy Bysshe Shelley 'Mighty Eagle'To William ShelleyTo the Lord Chancellor Published in part (5-9, 14) by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 1st edition (without title); in full 2nd…

Famous Creatures from Greek Mythology

Mythical Monsters Ancient Greek mythology is full of fearsome and terrible monsters, which have inspired writers from Homer down to the modern day. According to most accounts, these mythical…

Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession

No 2 No 4 Mankind being originally equals in the order of creation, the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance; the distinctions of rich, and poor, may in a…