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William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act I, Scene III

Scene IIIA room in Cymbeline's palaceEnter Imogen and PisanioImogenI would thou grew'st unto the shores o' the haven, And question'dst every sail: if he should write And not have it, 'twere a…

A Dialogue Between Thyrsis and Dorinda

A Dialogue Between Thyrsis and DorindaDorindaWhen Death, shall snatch us from these Kids, And shut up our divided Lids, Tell me Thyrsis, prethee do, Whither thou and I must go.ThyrsisTo the…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Daemonic Love

The Daemonic LoveMan was made of social earth, Child and brother from his birth, Tethered by a liquid cord Of blood through veins of kindred poured. Next his heart the fireside band Of mother…

Lewis Carroll: CANTO III—Scarmoges

CANTO III—Scarmoges“And did you really walk,” said I, “On such a wretched night? I always fancied Ghosts could fly— If not exactly in the sky, Yet at a fairish height.”“It’s very well,” said…

Brewer's: Wandering Jew

(1) Of Greek tradition. Aristeas, a poet who continued to appear and disappear alternately for above 400 years, and who visited all the mythical…

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…

Joshua: 5

Joshua Chapter 5 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea,…