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John Donne: Expostulation VI. Metuit

ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, I find in thy book that fear is a stifling spirit, a spirit of suffocation; that “Ishbosheth could not speak, nor reply in his own defence to Abner,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Water

WaterThe water understands Civilization well; It wets my foot, but prettily It chills my life, but wittily, It is not disconcerted, It is not broken-hearted: Well used, it decketh joy,…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Lost Faith

Disenchantment Lost Joy Lost Faith To lose one's faith surpasses The loss of an estate, Because estates can be Replenished, — faith cannot. Inherited with life, Belief but…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Past

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Passage of the ApenninesTo Mary -The Past Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. 1. Wilt thou forget the happy hours Which we buried in Love's sweet…

Lucian Walton PARRISH, Congress, TX (1878-1922)

PARRISH Lucian Walton , a Representative from Texas; born in Sister Grove, near Van Alstyne, Grayson County, Tex., January 10, 1878; moved with his parents to Clay County in 1887 and settled near…

The People's Pope

The first pope from Latin America has undeniable charisma Pope Francis Related Links Biography of Pope Francis Choosing a Pope Major Religions of the World…

John Keats: Book II

by John Keats Book IBook IIIBook II Just at the self-same beat of Time's wide wings Hyperion slid into the rustled air, And Saturn gain'd with Thea that sad place Where Cybele and…

Walt Whitman: As They Draw to a Close

As They Draw to a CloseAs they draw to a close, Of what underlies the precedent songs—of my aims in them, Of the seed I have sought to plant in them, Of joy, sweet joy, through many a year,…