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A. E. Housman: 1887

1887From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns And beacons burn again.Look left, look right, the hills are bright, The dales…

A. E. Housman: Introduction

Introduction The method of the poems in A Shropshire Lad illustrates better than any theory how poetry may assume the attire of reality, and yet in speech of the simplest, become in spirit…

A. E. Housman: March

MarchThe sun at noon to higher air, Unharnessing the silver Pair That late before his chariot swam, Rides on the gold wool of the Ram.So braver notes the storm-cock sings To start the rusted…

A. E. Housman: Reveille

ReveilleWake: the silver dusk returning Up the beach of darkness brims, And the ship of sunrise burning Strands upon the eastern rims.Wake: the vaulted shadow shatters, Trampled to the…

A. E. Housman: The Recruit

The RecruitLeave your home behind, lad, And reach your friends your hand, And go, and luck go with you While Ludlow tower shall stand.Oh, come you home of Sunday When Ludlow streets are…

Herbert A. Simon Biography

Herbert A. SimonHerbert Alexander Simonsocial scientist and economistBorn: 6/15/1916Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin polymath who won several awards, including the 1978 Nobel Prize in…

Phyllis A. Whitney Biography

authorDied: February 8, 2008Best Known as: author of best-selling romantic mystery, young-adult, and children's mystery novels Deathplace: Faber,…

A. L. Rowse Biography

A. L. RowseAge: 93 Flamboyant British Shakespearean scholar who identified the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare's sonnets.Died: Oct. 3, 1997.Marvin Rothenberg1997 DeathsMike Royko

David A. McCann Biography

David A. McCannmagazine publisher published Town & Country and ConnoisseurBorn: 1930?Died: 1997Bill McArthur1997 DeathsDavid McCord

William A. Koshland Biography

William A. Koshland publishing executive Koshland served as president and chairman of the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house. His list of authors included Julia Child, Willa Cather, John…