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Bonnie and Clyde

(Encyclopedia) Bonnie and Clyde, Bonnie Parker, 1910–34, b. Rowena, Tex., and Clyde Barrow, 1909–34, b. Tellice, Tex., notorious American criminals during the Great Depression. Joining forces in 1932…

St. Denis, Ruth

(Encyclopedia) St. Denis, RuthSt. Denis, Ruthsānt dĕnˈĭs [key], 1877–1968, American dancer, b. Newark, N.J., whose name was originally Ruth Dennis. After her debut (c.1893) she toured with David…

Raine, Kathleen Jessie

(Encyclopedia) Raine, Kathleen Jessie, 1908–2003, English poet and critic, b. Ilford (now in Redbridge, Greater London), grad. Cambridge, 1929. Raine's poems and essays assert that true poetry is an…

William Rose Benét: Mad Blake

Mad BlakeWilliam Rose BenétBlake saw a treeful of angels at Peckham Rye, And his hands could lay hold on the tiger's terrible heart. Blake knew how deep is Hell, and Heaven how high, And…

William Blake: The Little Boy Lost

by WilliamBlakeThe Chimney-SweeperThe Little Boy FoundThe Little Boy Lost "Father, father, where are you going? Oh do not walk so fast! Speak, father, speak to you little boy, Or…

William Blake: The Little Boy Found

by WilliamBlakeThe Little Boy LostLaughing SongThe Little Boy Found The little boy lost in the lonely fen, Led by the wandering light, Began to cry, but God, ever nigh, Appeared…

William Blake: The Book of Thel, II

by WilliamBlakeIIIIII O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee to tell me Why thou complainest now when in one hour thou fade away: Then we shall seek thee but not find: ah Thel is…

William Blake: The Book of Thel, III

by WilliamBlakeIIIVIII Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed. Art thou a Worm? image of weakness. art thou but a Worm? I see thee like an infant wrapped in the Lillys…

William Blake: The Book of Thel, IV

by WilliamBlakeIIIIV The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar: Thel enter'd in & saw the secrets of the land unknown; She saw the couches of the dead, & where the…