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Sara Teasedale: A Cry

A CryOh, there are eyes that he can see, And hands to make his hands rejoice, But to my lover I must be Only a voice.Oh, there are breasts to bear his head, And lips whereon…

Aesop's Fables: The Dogs and the Hides

by Aesop The ImpostorThe Lion, the Fox, and the AssThe Dogs and the Hides Once upon a time a number of Dogs, who were famished with hunger, saw some Hides steeping in a river, but couldn't…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Refuge

by EmilyDickinsonXVXVIIRefuge Refuge The clouds their backs together laid, The north begun to push, The forests galloped till they fell, The lightning skipped like mice; The thunder…

With Faces turned Homeward

Chapter 18 Chapter 20 With Faces turned Homeward The officers of the expedition had decided to begin their homeward march on the first of April; but a natural impatience induced…

The P.C. and P.O.

The P.C. and P.O.As spring came on, a new set of amusements became the fashion, and the lengthening days gave long afternoons for work and play of all sorts. The garden had to be put in…

William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act II, Scene I

Scene IPentapolis. An open place by the sea-sideEnter Pericles, wetPericlesYet cease your ire, you angry stars of heaven! Wind, rain, and thunder, remember, earthly man Is but a substance…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Mask of Anarchy

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Note on the Mask of Anarchy, b... The Mask of Anarchy As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the…