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All-American Rose Selection
The Question: What do different color roses mean? The Answer: According to the All-American Rose Selection web site, these are some of the colors and their…The Iliad of Homer: Juno Deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus
The Fourth Battle Continued, i... The Fifth Battle at the Ships;... Juno Deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus. Nestor, sitting at the table with Machaon, is alarmed with the…The Devil's Dictionary: Laureate
by Ambrose Bierce LAUGHTERLAURELLAUREATE -adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every…Sara Teasdale: Meadowlarks
MeadowlarksIn the silver light after a storm, Under dripping boughs of bright new green, I take the low path to hear the meadowlarks Alone and high-hearted as if I were a queen.What have I…Sherman, Frank Dempster
Sherman, Frank Dempster[1860-1916](3)Born at Peekskill, New York, May 6, 1860. Died September 19, 1916. He took the degree of Ph.B. from Columbia University in 1884, and was Professor of…Sara Teasedale: Love-Free
Love-FreeI am free of love as a bird flying south in the autumn, Swift and intent, asking no joy from another, Glad to forget all of the passion of April Ere it was love-free.I am free…Christina Rossetti: From House to Home
From House to HomeThe first was like a dream through summer heat, The second like a tedious numbing swoon, While the half-frozen pulses lagged to beat Beneath a winter moon.'But,' says my…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Vision, I
by Rabindranath Tagore III When I was a very young wife, I gave birth to a dead child, and came near to death myself. I recovered strength very slowly, and my eyesight became weaker and…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci Scene 4.1:
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Act 4 SCENE 4.2: SCENE 4.1: AN APARTMENT IN THE CASTLE OF PETRELLA. ENTER CENCI. CENCI: She comes not; yet I left her even now Vanquished and faint. She knows the…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Threnody
ThrenodyThe South-wind brings Life, sunshine and desire, And on every mount and meadow Breathes aromatic fire; But over the dead he has no power, The lost, the lost, he cannot restore; And,…