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A Boy's Will: A Line-storm Song

by Robert Frost Now Close the WindowsOctoberA Line-storm Song It is the autumnal mood with a difference. THE line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift, The road is forlorn all day,…

A Boy's Will: My November Guest

by Robert Frost Ghost HouseLove and a QuestionMy November Guest He is in love with being misunderstood. MY Sorrow, when she's here with me, Thinks these dark days of autumn rain Are…

A Boy's Will: Wind and Window Flower

by Robert Frost Storm FearTo the Thawing WindWind and Window Flower Out of the winter things he fashions a story of modern love. LOVERS, forget your love, And list to the love of these…

Aesop's Fables: The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf

by Aesop The Ass and His BurdensThe Fox and the GoatThe Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf A Shepherd's Boy was tending his flock near a village, and thought it would be great fun to hoax the…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Naughty Boy

The Dream of Little TukThe Red ShoesThe Naughty Boy Along time ago, there lived an old poet, a thoroughly kind old poet. As he was sitting one evening in his room, a dreadful storm arose…

Brewer's: Do-the-Boys' Hall

A school where boys were taken in and done for by a Mr. Squeers, a puffing, ignorant, over-bearing brute, who starved them and taught them nothing. (Dickens: Nicholas Nickleby.) It is…

Most Common Names of Twin Boys

Find the most popular names of twin boys in the United States during 2009. Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Jacob, Joshua Matthew, Michael…

Charles II, king of Navarre

(Encyclopedia) Charles II (Charles the Bad), 1332–87, king of Navarre (1349–87), count of Évreux; grandson of King Louis X of France. He carried on a long feud with his father-in-law, John II, king…

Peter I, duke or count of Brittany

(Encyclopedia) Peter I (Pierre Mauclerc), d. 1250, duke or count of Brittany (1213–37). The son of Robert II, count of Dreux, he married Alix, half-sister and heiress of Arthur I duke of Brittany.…

Owain Gwynedd

(Encyclopedia) Owain GwyneddOwain Gwyneddōˈwīn gwĭnˈĕᵺ [key], d. 1170, prince of North Wales (1137–70). During the troubled reign of King Stephen of England, Owain and other Welsh princes were able…