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Poems: The Hippopotamus

by T. S. Eliot Lune de MielDans le RestaurantThe Hippopotamus Similiter et omnes revereantur Diaconos, ut mandatum Jesu Christi; et Episcopum, ut Jesum Christum, existentem…

Poems: Morning at the Window

by T. S. Eliot Rhapsody on a Windy NightThe Boston Evening TranscriptMorning at the Window They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens, And along the trampled edges of the…

Poems: Cousin Nancy

by T. S. Eliot Aunt HelenMr. ApollinaxCousin Nancy Miss Nancy Ellicott Strode across the hills and broke them, Rode across the hills and broke them-- The barren New England hills-- Riding…

Poems: Aunt Helen

by T. S. Eliot The Boston Evening TranscriptCousin NancyAunt Helen Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt, And lived in a small house near a fashionable square Cared for by servants to…

Poems: Le Directeur

by T. S. Eliot A Cooking EggMélange adultí¨re de toutLe Directeur Malheur à la malheureuse Tamise! Tamisel Qui coule si pres du Spectateur. Le directeur Conservateur Du Spectateur Empeste…

Poems: Conversation Galante

by T. S. Eliot HysteriaLa Figlia Che PiangeConversation Galante I observe: "Our sentimental friend the moon! Or possibly (fantastic, I confess) It may be Prester John's balloon Or an old…

Poems: Mr. Apollinax

by T. S. Eliot Cousin NancyHysteriaMr. Apollinax When Mr. Apollinax visited the United States His laughter tinkled among the teacups. I thought of Fragilion, that shy figure among the…

Eberhart, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Eberhart, RichardEberhart, Richardĕbˈərhärtˌ [key], 1904–2005, American poet, b. Austin, Minn., grad. Dartmouth (1926) and Cambridge (1929, 1933). He taught at various universities…

Poems: Whispers of Immortality

by T. S. Eliot Dans le RestaurantMr. Eliot's Sunday Morning ServiceWhispers of Immortality Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless…

Macpherson, James

(Encyclopedia) Macpherson, James, 1736–96, Scottish author. Educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh, he spent his early years as a schoolmaster. In later life he held a colonial secretaryship in West…