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Poems by Emily Dickinson: Hope

by EmilyDickinsonVThe White HeatHope Hope Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale…

Bob Hope 2003 Deaths

Bob HopeAge: 100 legendary comedian, American icon, and master of the one-liner who used his quick delivery and brash, topical wit to entertain generations of fans, including U.S. troops…

Panda Babies Offer Hope

New arrivals for an endangered species by Holly Hartman Announcing: Panda Babies! Born: twins, August 3; cub, August 6; twins and cub, August 8; twins, August 10 Homes: Beijing Zoo and Wolong…

Jarrett, Keith

(Encyclopedia) Jarrett, Keith , 1945- , American jazz pianist and composer, b. Allentown, Pa. A child prodigy on the piano, Jarrett was exposed to…

Surakarta

(Encyclopedia) Surakarta or SoerakartaSurakartaboth: s&oomacr;räkärˈta [key], city (1990 pop. 503,827), on central Java, Indonesia, on the Solo River. Connected by rail with Surabaya and Jakarta…

oboe

(Encyclopedia) oboeoboeōˈbō, ōˈboi [key] [Ital., from Fr. hautbois] or hautboyhautboyōˈboi, hōˈ– [key], woodwind instrument of conical bore, its mouthpiece having a double reed. The instruments…

Bloch, Ernst

(Encyclopedia) Bloch, Ernst, 1885–1977, German Marxist philosopher. He taught at the Univ. of Leipzig (1918–33), drifting toward Marxist thought during the 1920s. He fled the Nazis after 1933, moving…

Beyoncé

(Encyclopedia) Beyoncé, 1981- , American popular singer, songwriter, and actress, b. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, Houston, Tx. Beyoncé first gained fame…

Alfred Lord Tennyson: Lost Hope

Lost Hope You cast to ground the hope which once was mine, But did the while your harsh decree deplore, Embalming with sweet tears the vacant shrine, My heart, where Hope had…

Coleridge: Work without Hope, Notes

Youth and AgeEpitaphWork without Hope Lines Composed 21st February 1827 All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair— The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing— And Winter…