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John Keats: To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent

To Mrs. Reynolds's CatTo SleepTo One Who Has Been Long in City Pent To one who has been long in city pent, ’Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven,—to breathe a prayer…

Charles Simic Biography

poetBorn: May 9, 1938Birthplace: Belgrade, Yugoslavia Charles Simic replaced Donald Hall as Poet Laureate of the U.S. in 2007. Born in Yugoslavia in 1938, Simic…

Aesop's Fables: The Hare and the Tortoise

by Aesop The Cat and the CockThe Soldier and His HorseThe Hare and the Tortoise A Hare was one day making fun of a Tortoise for being so slow upon his feet. "Wait a bit," said the…

Aesop's Fables: The Wily Lion

by Aesop Mercury and the Man Bitten by an AntThe Parrot and the CatThe Wily Lion A Lion watched a fat Bull feeding in a meadow, and his mouth watered when he thought of the royal feast he…

The Devil's Dictionary: Land

by Ambrose Bierce LABORLANGUAGELAND -n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation…

Burl Ives

Burl Ivesactor, singer, writerBorn: 6/14/1909Birthplace: Hunt City Township, Illinois The beloved folk singer of such children's classics as “I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed A Fly),” Burl Ives…

Burl Ives Biography

Burl Ivesactor, singer, writerBorn: 6/14/1909Birthplace: Hunt City Township, Illinois The beloved folk singer of such children's classics as “I Know an Old Lady (Who Swallowed A Fly),” Burl Ives…