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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Apology

The ApologyThink me not unkind and rude That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men. Tax not my sloth that I Fold my arms beside the brook…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Rhodora:

The Rhodora:On Being Asked, Whence Is the Flower?In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Xenophanes

XenophanesBy fate, not option, frugal Nature gave One scent to hyson and to wall-flower, One sound to pine-groves and to waterfalls, One aspect to the desert and the lake. It was her stern…

Complementary Colors

Complementary Colors Complementary (com-pluh-MEN-tuh-ree) colors sit opposite each other on the color wheel. Because they are opposites, they tend to look especially lively when used together…

2 Esdras: 9

2 Esdras Chapter 9 1 He answered me then, and said, Measure thou the time diligently in itself: and when thou seest part of the signs past, which I have told thee before, 2 Then…

Poems: The Garden of Love

by WilliamBlakeThe LilyThe Little VagabondThe Garden of Love I laid me down upon a bank, Where Love lay sleeping; I heard among the rushes dank Weeping, weeping. Then I went…

A Boy's Will: A Prayer in Spring

by Robert Frost To the Thawing WindFlower-gatheringA Prayer in Spring He discovers that the greatness of love lies not in forward-looking thoughts; OH, give us pleasure in the flowers…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Reticence

The Lost Thought With Flowers Reticence The reticent volcano keeps His never slumbering plan; Confided are his projects pink To no precarious man. If nature will not tell the…