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Brewer's: Finger

(Anglo-Saxon, finger). The ear finger, digitus auricularis—i.e. the little finger. The four fingers are the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the ear finger. In French…

Brewer's: Jew

The Wandering Jew. (1) Said to be KHARTAPH'ILOS, Pilate's porter. When the officers were dragging Jesus out of the hall, Kartaphilos struck Him with his fist in the back, saying, “Go…

Walt Whitman: Fancies at Navesink

Fancies at NavesinkThe Pilot in the MistSteaming the northern rapids—(an old St. Lawrence reminiscence, A sudden memory-flash comes back, I know not why, Here waiting for the sunrise, gazing…

Lewis Carroll: CANTO IV—Hys Nouryture

CANTO IV—Hys Nouryture“Oh, when I was a little Ghost, A merry time had we! Each seated on his favourite post, We chumped and chawed the buttered toast They gave us for our tea.”“That story is…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1789

by Robert Burns 178817901789ContentsRobin Shure In HairstOde, Sacred To The Memory Of Mrs. Oswald Of AuchencruivePegasus At WanlockheadSappho Redivivus-A FragmentSong-She's Fair And FauseImpromptu…

Brewer's: Venus

Love; the goddess of love; courtship. Copper was called Venus by the alchemists. (See Aphrodite) “Venus smiles not in a house of tears.” Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, iv.l. Venus is the…