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Exodus: 30
Exodus Chapter 30 1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare…Ashbery, John
(Encyclopedia) Ashbery, John, 1927–2017, American poet, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1949), Columbia (M.A., 1951). Among the most acclaimed and influential American poets of his era, he…Christina Rossetti: Sit Down in the Lowest Room
Sit Down in the Lowest RoomMarch 1864Like flowers sequestered from the sun And wind of summer, day by day I dwindled paler, whilst my hair Showed the first tinge of grey.'Oh what is…Friend
FriendThough very happy in the social atmosphere about her, and very busy with the daily work that earned her bread and made it sweeter for the effort, Jo still found time for literary labors…A Christmas Carol: The Second of the Three Spirits
The First of the Three Spirits The Last of the Spirits The Second of the Three Spirits AWAKING in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: January 10, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark January 9, 1806January 11, 1806January 10, 1806 Saturday January 10th 1806. About 10 A.M. I was visited by Tia Shah-har-war-cap and eleven of his…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XLV ("Undue significance")
by EmilyDickinsonThe ShelterXLVIXLV Undue significance a starving man attaches To food Far off; he sighs, and therefore hopeless, And therefore good. Partaken, it relieves indeed, but…Poems by Emily Dickinson: XXVIII ("I know a place")
by EmilyDickinsonThe SpiderXXIXXXVIII I know a place where summer strives With such a practised frost, She each year leads her daisies back, Recording briefly, "Lost." But when the south…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fragments on Nature and Life, Nature
NatureThe patient Pan, Drunken with nectar, Sleeps or feigns slumber, Drowsily humming Music to the march of time. This poor tooting, creaking cricket, Pan, half asleep, rolling over His…commedia dell'arte
(Encyclopedia) commedia dell'artecommedia dell'artekōm-māˈdēä dĕl-lärˈtā [key], popular form of comedy employing improvised dialogue and masked characters that flourished in Italy from the 16th to…