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Poems by Emily Dickinson: Waiting

by EmilyDickinsonXXXIXXXIIIWaiting Waiting I sing to use the waiting, My bonnet but to tie, And shut the door unto my house; No more to do have I, Till, his best step approaching,…

The True George Washington: Friends: Lafayette

LafayetteAs need hardly be said, however, the strongest affection among the general officers was that between Washington and Lafayette. In the advent of this young Frenchman the commander saw…

Irish Proverbs

Many quips a strong man will make compiled by Ann-Marie Imbornoni A good beginning is half the work. You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. Many hands make…

The Hunting of the Snark: The Beaver's Lesson

The Hunting The Barrister's Dream The Beaver's Lesson They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with…

Lewis Carroll: Hiawatha’s Photographing

Hiawatha’s PhotographingIn an age of imitation, I can claim no special merit for this slight attempt at doing what is known to be so easy.  Any fairly practised writer, with the slightest ear…

Coleridge: Part V

Part IVPart VIPart V Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole! To Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, That slid into my soul…

Ezekiel: 4

Ezekiel Chapter 4 1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and…

The Illiad: The Embassy to Achilles.

The Second Battle, and the Dis... The Night Adventure of Diomed ... The Embassy to Achilles. Agamemnon, after the last day's defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and…