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Tom Thumb by the Brothers Grimm

Tom Thumb A poor woodman sat in his cottage one night, smoking his pipe by the fireside, while his wife sat by his side spinning. 'How lonely it is, wife,' said he, as he puffed out a long…

Chauncey Judd: The Robbers

Ebenezer Dayton The Robbery The Robbers Upon the high bluff of land a little east of the present village of Seymour stood, in 1780, a tavern of some celebrity, kept by a man named…

The Song of Hiawatha: Hiawatha's Wooing

Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast Hiawatha's Wooing "As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she…

Sara Teasdale: The Unseen

The UnseenDeath went up the hall Unseen by every one, Trailing twilight robes Past the nurse and the nun.He paused at every door And listened to the breath Of those who did not know How…

A. E. Housman: On your midnight pallet lying

On your midnight pallet lying Listen, and undo the door: Lads that waste the light in sighing In the dark should sigh no more; Night should ease a lover's sorrow; Therefore, since I go to-…

Alfred Lord Tennyson: To a Lady Sleeping

To a Lady Sleeping O thou whose fringèd lids I gaze upon, Through whose dim brain the wingèd dreams are born, Unroof the shrines of clearest vision, In honour of the silverfleckèd morn…

Tao Te Ching: Chapter 35

Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge Chapter 34 Chapter 36 Chapter 35 1 To him who holds in his hands the Great Image (of the invisible Tao), the whole world repairs. Men…