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Poem: Transcriber's Note

Preface 1 Transcriber's Note As is well documented, Emily Dickinson's poems were edited in these early editions by her friends, better to fit the conventions of the times. In particular,…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Celestial Love

The Celestial LoveBut God said, 'I will have a purer gift; There is smoke in the flame; New flowerets bring, new prayers uplift, And love without a name. Fond children, ye desire To please…

May 2002 Disasters

May, southern India: Brutal heat wave, particularly in Andhra Pradesh State, left more than 600 dead nationwide.May 2–5, southern W. Va. and southwest Va.: Storm system moving through…

Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Grasshopper

The GrasshopperI Voice of the summerwind, Joy of the summerplain, Life of the summerhours, Carol clearly, bound along. No Tithon thou as poets feign (Shame fall 'em…

Mary Carolyn Davies: A Girl's Songs

A Girl's SongsMary Carolyn DaviesBorrowerI sing of sorrow, I sing of weeping. I have no sorrow.I only borrow From some tomorrow Where it lies sleeping, Enough of sorrow To sing of…