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Amy Lowell: Before the Altar
Before the AltarBefore the Altar, bowed, he stands With empty hands; Upon it perfumed offerings burn Wreathing with smoke the sacrificial urn. Not one of all these has he given, No flame of…Vachel Lindsay: Abraham Lincoln walks at Midnight
Abraham Lincoln walks at Midnight(In Springfield, Illinois)Vachel LindsayIt is portentous, and a thing of state That here at midnight, in our little town A mourning figure walks, and will not…To-em-mei's "The Unmoving Cloud"
To-em-mei's "The Unmoving Cloud"“Wet spring time,” says To-em-mei, “Wet spring in the garden.”IThe clouds have gathered and gathered, and the rain falls and falls, The eight ply of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, February 2, 1806
Day 1180 Day 1182 Lewis, February 2, 1806 Sunday February 2cd 1806. Not any occurrence today worthy of notice; but all are pleased, that one month of the time which binds us to Fort Clatsop…Ralph Waldo Emerson: V
VMask thy wisdom with delight, Toy with the bow, yet hit the white, As Jelaleddin old and gray; He seemed to bask, to dream and play Without remoter hope or fear Than still to entertain his…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: February 15, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark February 14, 1805February 16, 1805February 15, 1805 15th Capt. Lewis with a party of men & 4 Indians went in pursute of the Sioux, the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, September 6, 1806
Day 1599 Day 1601 Clark, September 6, 1806 Saturday 6th of September 1806 The Musquetors excessively troublesom we Set out early at the great Cut off Saw a herd of Elk, we landed and Sent…Aitareya-Aranyaka: Third Aranyaka, First Adhyâya, Third Khanda
Third KhandaI. Next come the reciters of the Nirbhuga.2. Nirbhuga abides on earth, Pratrinna in heaven, the Ubhayamantarena in the sky.3. Now, if any one should chide him who recites the…Peter Pan: The Island Come True
The Flight The Little House The Island Come True Feeling that Peter was on his way back, the Neverland had again woke into life. We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but…Selected Essays in Black History: A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South
Hot-Foot Hannibal The Capture of a Slaver A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois Once upon a time I taught school in the hills of Tennessee, where the…