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Brewer's: Rat
The Egyptians and Phrygians deified rats. The people of Bassora and Cambay to the present time forbid their destruction. In Egypt the rat symbolised “utter destruction;” it also symbolised…Recommended Poetry Books for Kids
Odes and ditties for children (adults too!) compiled by Holly Hartman I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun, I breathe fire as hot as the sun. When a knight comes to fight I…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Nature's Law-A Poem
by Robert Burns The CalfSong-Willie ChalmersNature's Law-A Poem Humbly inscribed to Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Great Nature spoke: observant man obey'd-Pope. Let…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To Hugh Parker
by Robert Burns The Chevalier's LamentOf A' The Airts The Wind Can BlawEpistle To Hugh Parker In this strange land, this uncouth clime, A land unknown to prose or rhyme;…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Terminology: C
by Robert Burns BDC Ca', call, knock, drive. Cadger, a hawker (especially of fish). Cadie, caddie, a fellow. Caff, chaff. Caird, a tinker. Calf-ward, grazing…John Keats: To Charles Cowden Clarke
by JohnKeatsTo My Brother GeorgeTo Charles Cowden Clarke Oft have you seen a swan superbly frowning, And with proud breast his own white shadow crowning; He slants his neck beneath the…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Merlin I
Merlin IThy trivial harp will never please Or fill my craving ear; Its chords should ring as blows the breeze, Free, peremptory, clear. No jingling serenader's art, Nor tinkle of piano…Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Mary
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Witch of AtlasTo Mary (On Her Objecting to the Following Poem, Upon the Score of Its Containing No Human Interest). How, my dear Mary,—are you critic-bitten…Homework Helper Answer Fun Facts: English
Homework Topics English | Geography | History | Math | Science | Social Studies English Literature Middle English Literature Anglo-Saxon Literature Literary Forms The Novel Short…Brewer's: Mother Goose
A name associated with nursery rhymes. She was born in Boston, and her eldest daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Fleet, the printer. Mrs. Goose used to sing the rhymes to her grandson, and…