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Amy Lowell: Διψα
ΔιψαLook, Dear, how bright the moonlight is to-night! See where it casts the shadow of that tree Far out upon the grass. And every gust Of light night wind comes laden with the scent Of…Brewer's: Scene Plot
(See Plot.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ScentScene Painters 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: Sceptic
(Greek) means one who thinks for himself, and does not receive on another's testimony. Pyrrho founded the philosophic sect called “Sceptics,” and Epictetus combated their dogmas. In…Brewer's: Snuff
Up to snuff. Wide awake, knowing, sharp; not easily taken in or imposed upon; alive to scent (Dutch, snuffen, to scent, snuf; Danish, snöfte). Took it in snuff —in anger, in huff. “You'll…Brewer's: Draw
To draw amiss. To follow scent in the wrong direction. Fox-hunting term, where to draw means to follow scent. To draw a furrow. To plough or draw a plough through a field so as to make a…1992 Academy Awards
The 1992 Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureThe Crying Game, Stephen Woolley, producer (Miramax)A Few Good Men, David…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 16, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 15, 1806June 17, 1806June 16, 1806 Monday June 16th 1806. We collected our horses very readily this morning, took breakfast and set out at 6…Walt Whitman: Calamus
CalamusIn Paths UntroddenScented Herbage of My BreastWhoever You Are Holding Me Now in HandFor You, O DemocracyThese I Singing in SpringNot Heaving from My Ribb'd Breast OnlyOf the Terrible…Walt Whitman: Others May Praise What They Like
Others May Praise What They LikeOthers may praise what they like; But I, from the banks of the running Missouri, praise nothing in art or aught else, Till it has well inhaled the…Sara Teasdale: The Wine
The WineI cannot die, who drank delight From the cup of the crescent moon, And hungrily as men eat bread, Loved the scented nights of June.The rest may die — but is there not Some shining…Trending
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