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Tosca

Music:Giacomo PucciniLibretto:Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi IllicaPremiére:Rome, January 14, 1900 Flamboyant Tosca opens in a church, where the artist Cavaradossi paints a Mary Magdalen portrait…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XLII

Sonnet XLI Sonnet XLIII XLII That thou hast her it is not all my grief, And yet it may be said I loved her dearly; That she hath thee is of my wailing chief, A loss in love that touches…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: L

Sonnet XLIX Sonnet LI L How heavy do I journey on the way, When what I seek, my weary travel's end, Doth teach that ease and that repose to say, 'Thus far the miles are measured from…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Too Much

by EmilyDickinsonXXIIIShipwreckToo Much Too Much I should have been too glad, I see, Too lifted for the scant degree Of life's penurious round; My little circuit would have shamed This…

Samuel Jordan CABELL, Congress, VA (1756-1818)

CABELL Samuel Jordan , a Representative from Virginia; born in Albemarle (now Nelson) County, Va., December 15, 1756; attended the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; left school to…

John Joseph O'NEILL, Congress, MO (1846-1898)

O'NEILL John Joseph , a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., June 25, 1846; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in St…

The Valiant Little Tailor

The Valiant Little Tailor One summer's morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. Then came a peasant woman down the…