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Christina Rossetti: Dream Land
Dream LandWhere sunless rivers weep Their waves into the deep, She sleeps a charmèd sleep: Awake her not. Led by a single star, She came from very far To seek where shadows are Her…The Fat Lady Sings
The Question: Where did the saying "It ain't over until the fat lady sings" come from? The Answer: Often mistakenly attributed to N.Y. Yankees Hall of Famer Yogi…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Rosalind, Helen, and Her Child
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Note by Mrs. ShelleyRosalind, Helen, and Her Child SCENE. The Shore of the Lake of Como HELEN: Come hither, my sweet Rosalind. 'Tis long since thou and I have met…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 5
Part 5I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you, And you must not be abased to the other.Loafe with me on the grass, loose the stop from your throat, Not words,…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Song.-O, Were I On Parnassus Hill
by Robert Burns Song.-The Day ReturnsA Mother's LamentSong.-O, Were I On Parnassus Hill Tune-"My love is lost to me." O, were I on Parnassus hill, Or had o' Helicon my…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Tower of Famine
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Summer and WinterAn AllegoryThe Tower of Famine Published by Mrs. Shelley in "The Keepsake", 1829. Mr. C.W. Frederickson of Brooklyn possesses a transcript in Mrs.…Margaret Widdemer: Irish Love Song
Irish Love SongMargaret WiddemerWell, if the thing is over, better it is for me, The lad was ever a rover, loving and laughing free, Far too clever a lover not to be having still A lass in…William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act V, Scene V
Scene VDunsinane. Within the castleEnter Macbeth, Seyton, and Soldiers, with drum and coloursMacbethHang out our banners on the outward walls; The cry is still 'They come:' our castle's…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Scene 3.1:
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Act 3 SCENE 3.2: SCENE 3.1: HEAVEN. JUPITER ON HIS THRONE; THETIS AND THE OTHER DEITIES ASSEMBLED. JUPITER: Ye congregated powers of heaven, who share The glory and…The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet
The Adventures of Chanticleer and PartletHow They Went To The Mountains to Eat Nuts 'The nuts are quite ripe now,' said Chanticleer to his wife Partlet, 'suppose we go together to the…