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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Days

DaysDaughters of Time, the hypocritic Days, Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes, And marching single in an endless file, Bring diadems and fagots in their hands. To each they offer gifts…

May-Day and Other Pieces

ContentsMay-DayThe AdirondacsBrahmaNemesisFateFreedomOdeBoston HymnVoluntariesLove and ThoughtUnaBostonLettersRubiesMerlin's SongThe TestSolutionHymnNature INature IIThe Romany GirlDaysMy…

Sara Teasdale: Day and Night

Day and NightIn Warsaw in Poland Half the world away, The one I love best of all Thought of me to-day;I know, for I went Winged as a bird, In the wide flowing wind His own voice I heard;…

Sara Teasdale: May Day

May DayA delicate fabric of bird song Floats in the air, The smell of wet wild earth Is everywhere.Red small leaves of the maple Are clenched like a hand, Like girls at their first…

Timeline of Father's Day History

A century of celebrating dads 1910s 1920s 1950s 1960s 1970s 2000s 1910 Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, organizes the first Father's…

I Sleep Not Day nor Night

I Sleep Not Day nor NightInterea Insomnes Noctes Ego Duco, DiesqueMeditationJohn Donne NATURAL men have conceived a twofold use of sleep; that it is a refreshing of the body in this life;…

Karle Wilson Baker: Days

DaysKarle Wilson BakerSome days my thoughts are just cocoons — all cold, and dull, and blind, They hang from dripping branches in the grey woods of my mind;And other days they drift and shine…

Richard Hovey: At the End of the Day

At the End of the DayRichard HoveyThere is no escape by the river, There is no flight left by the fen; We are compassed about by the shiver Of the night of their marching men. Give a cheer!…

Christina Rossetti: One Day

One DayI will tell you when they met: In the limpid days of Spring; Elder boughs were budding yet, Oaken boughs looked wintry still, But primrose and veined violet In the mossful turf were…