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Poems by Emily Dickinson: On this long storm the rainbow rose
IV From the Chrysalis V On this long storm the rainbow rose, On this late morn the sun; The clouds, like listless elephants, Horizons straggled down. The birds rose smiling in their nests…Poems by Emily Dickinson: V ("Glee! The great storm is over!")
by EmilyDickinson Rouge Gagne VI V Glee! The great storm is over! Four have recovered the land; Forty gone down together Into the boiling sand. Ring, for the scant salvation! Toll, for the…John Brutzman STORM, Congress, PA (1838-1901)
STORM John Brutzman , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pa., September 19, 1838; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Dickinson College,…Ashokan Reservoir
(Encyclopedia) Ashokan ReservoirAshokan Reservoirəshōˈkən [key], 13 sq mi (34 sq km), SE N.Y., completed 1912. It is supplied by the Esopus and Schoharie watersheds and provides part of New York City…Magnasco, Allessandro
(Encyclopedia) Magnasco, AllessandroMagnasco, Allessandroälĕs-sänˈdrō mägnäsˈkō [key], 1667–1749, Italian painter. Magnasco's style developed from an early apprenticeship to a Venetian painter and…Saint Elmo's fire
(Encyclopedia) Saint Elmo's fire, luminous discharge of electricity extending into the atmosphere from some projecting or elevated object. It is usually observed (often during a snowstorm or a dust…Toamasina
(Encyclopedia) ToamasinaToamasinatōəmˈəsēnə [key], formerly TamataveToamasinatämätävˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 127,441), NE Madagascar. Situated on the Indian Ocean, it is the nation's chief port and…Strachey, William
(Encyclopedia) Strachey, William, 1572–1621, English colonial historian; educated at Cambridge. In 1609 he sailed to Virginia with Sir Thomas Gates. A storm wrecked his ship in the Bermudas, and the…Mardonius
(Encyclopedia) MardoniusMardoniusmärdōˈnēəs [key], d. 479 b.c., Persian general; son-in-law of Darius I. Darius sent him (492 b.c.) to retaliate against Eretria and Athens for aiding the Ionians in…Lin Yutang
(Encyclopedia) Lin YutangLin Yutanglĭn yüˈtängˈ [key], 1895–1976, Chinese-American writer, translator, and editor, b. Lunqi, Fujian, educated in China and at Harvard, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1923.…Trending
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