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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Holy Fair[1]
by Robert Burns Epistle To John Goldie, In KilmarnockThird Epistle To J. LapraikThe Holy Fair[1] A robe of seeming truth and trust Hid crafty Observation; And secret hung,…Edwin Arlington Robinson: Old King Cole
Old King ColeEdwin Arlington RobinsonIn Tilbury Town did Old King Cole A wise old age anticipate, Desiring, with his pipe and bowl, No Khan's extravagant estate. No crown annoyed his honest…Baron Munchausen: In which the Baron proves h...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron relates an accoun... An encounter between the Ba... In which the Baron proves h... In which the Baron proves himself a good shot-He loses his…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, August 8, 1806
Day 1570 Day 1572 Clark, August 8, 1806 Sunday 8th August 1806 A cool windey morning I derected Shields and Gibson to turn out and hunt this morning. at 8 A.M. Sergt. N. Pryor Shannon,…Brewer's: Daffodil
(The), or “Lent Lily,” was once white; but Persephone, daughter of Demeter (Ceres), delighted to wander about the flowery meadows of Sicily. One spring-tide she tripped over the meadows,…Brewer's: Clock
So church bells were once called (German glocke, French, cloche Mediæval Latin, cloca) Wel sikerer [surer] was his crowyng in his logge Than is a clok [bell] or abbay orologge Chaucer The…Brewer's: Oberon
King of the Fairies, whose wife was Titania. Shakespeare introduces both O'beron and Titania, in his Midsummer Night's Dream. (Auberon, anciently Alberon, German Alberich, king of the…Brewer's: St. Cecilia
born of noble Roman parents, and fostered from her cradle in the Christian faith, married Valirlan. One day she told him that an angel, “whether she was awake or asleep, was ever beside…Brewer's: Pretender
The Old Pretender. James F. E. Stuart, son of James II. (1688-1766.) The Young Pretender. Charles Edward Stuart, son of the “Old Pretender.” (1720-1788.) God bless the king, I mean the…Brewer's: Bertha
The betrothed of John of Leyden, but, being a vassal of Count Oberthal, she was unable to marry without her lord's consent. When she went with her mother to ask permission of marriage, the…Trending
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