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Lizette Woodworth Reese: Tears

TearsLizette Woodworth ReeseWhen I consider Life and its few years — A wisp of fog betwixt us and the sun; A call to battle, and the battle done Ere the last echo dies within our ears; A rose…

The Devil's Dictionary: Grape

by Ambrose Bierce GRAMMARGRAPESHOTGRAPE -n. Hail noble fruit! — by Homer sung, Anacreon and Khayyam; Thy praise is ever on the tongue Of better men than I am. The lyre…

John Keats: To Mrs. Reynolds’s Cat

To HomerTo One Who Has Been Long in City PentTo Mrs. Reynolds's Cat Cat! who hast passed thy grand climacteric, How many mice and rats hast in thy days Destroyed? How many tit-bits stolen?…

Eddie Stanky Biography

Eddie StankyAge: 82 feisty second baseman who won NL pennants with Brooklyn, Boston and New York and later coached South Alabama to five NCAA Tournament appearances; nicknamed "The Brat" for…

Isaac Charles PARKER, Congress, MO (1838-1896)

PARKER Isaac Charles , a Representative from Missouri; born near Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, October 15, 1838; completed preparatory studies; attended Barnesville Academy; studied law…