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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Elegy On "Stella"
by Robert Burns Note To Mr. Renton Of LamertonThe Bard At InveraryElegy On "Stella" The following poem is the work of some hapless son of the Muses who deserved a better fate. There is a…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To James Tennant Of Glenconner
by Robert Burns Ode On The Departed Regency BillA New Psalm For The Chapel Of KilmarnockEpistle To James Tennant Of Glenconner Auld comrade dear, and brither sinner, How's a'…Brewer's: Seven Sages of Greece
(1) Solon of Athens, whose motto was, “Know thyself.” (2) Chilo of Sparta—“Consider the end.” (3) Thales of Miletos—“Who hateth suretyship is sure.” (4) Bias of Priene—“Most men are bad…Waiting
Waiting“My wife, I have bad news for thee,” said Professor Bhaer, coming in one day early in January.“Please tell it at once. I can't bear to wait, Fritz,” cried Mrs Jo, dropping her work and…The Water of Life
The Water of Life Long before you or I were born, there reigned, in a country a great way off, a king who had three sons. This king once fell very ill—so ill that nobody thought he could live…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 11
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 10 Canto 12 Canto 11 She saw me not—she heard me not—alone Upon the mountain's dizzy brink she stood; She spake not, breathed not, moved not—there was thrown…On the Victory Obtained by BlakeOver the Spaniards
On the Victory Obtained by BlakeOver the SpaniardsIn the Bay of Sanctacruze, in the Island of Teneriff (1657) Now does Spains Fleet her spatious wings unfold, Leaves the new World and hastens…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To James Smith
by Robert Burns The OrdinationThe VisionEpistle To James Smith Friendship, mysterious cement of the soul! Sweet'ner of Life, and solder of Society! I owe thee much—Blair…John Keats: Calidore
by JohnKeatsSpecimen of an Induction to a PoemTo Some LadiesCalidore A fragment Young Calidore is paddling o'er the lake; His healthful spirit eager and awake To feel the beauty of a…The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 20
by Oscar Wilde Chapter 19Chapter 20 It was a lovely night, so warm that he threw his coat over his arm and did not even put his silk scarf round his throat. As he strolled home,…