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Walt Whitman: Not the Pilot

Not the PilotNot the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port, though beaten back and many times baffled; Not the pathfinder penetrating inland weary and long, By deserts…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Consecration

Love's Humility Consecration Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it, Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee, Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it…

Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Tears of Heaven

The Tears of Heaven Heaven weeps above the earth all night till morn, In darkness weeps, as all ashamed to weep, Because the earth hath made her state forlorn With selfwrought evils of…

Agnes Lee: Convention

ConventionAgnes LeeThe snow is lying very deep. My house is sheltered from the blast. I hear each muffled step outside, I hear each voice go past.But I'll not venture in the drift Out of this…

Josephine Preston Peabody: Envoi

EnvoiJosephine Preston PeabodyBelovèd, till the day break, Leave wide the little door; And bless, to lack and longing, Our brimming more-and-more.Is love a scanted portion, That we should…

Aesop's Fables: The Sick Stag

by Aesop The Wolf and the GoatThe Ass and the MuleThe Sick Stag A Stag fell sick and lay in a clearing in the forest, too weak to move from the spot. When the news of his illness spread, a…