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Vörösmarty, Mihály

(Encyclopedia) Vörösmarty, MihályVörösmarty, Mihálymĭˈhälyə vöˈröshmŏrˌtē [key], 1800–1855, Hungarian poet. Considered one of the greatest Hungarian poets, he created a new poetic language and…

day

(Encyclopedia) day, period of time for the earth to rotate once on its axis. The ordinary day, or solar day, is measured relative to the sun, being the time between successive passages of the sun…

Parrish, Maxfield

(Encyclopedia) Parrish, Maxfield, 1870–1966, American painter and illustrator, b. Philadelphia; pupil of Howard Pyle. He is known for his original and highly decorative posters, magazine covers, and…

Collett, Camilla (Wergeland)

(Encyclopedia) Collett, Camilla (Wergeland)Collett, Camilla (Wergeland)kämēˈlä vĕrˈgəlän kôlˈĕt [key], 1813–95, Norwegian feminist novelist, essayist, and literary critic. Her feminist novels include…

Stephen Crane: In the night

In the night Grey heavy clouds muffled the valleys, And the peaks looked toward God alone. "O Master that movest the wind with a finger, "Humble, idle, futile peaks are we. "…

Amy Lowell: At Night

At NightThe wind is singing through the trees to-night, A deep-voiced song of rushing cadences And crashing intervals. No summer breeze Is this, though hot July is at its height, Gone is…

Sara Teasedale: At Night

At NightWe are apart; the city grows quiet between us, She hushes herself, for midnight makes heavy her eyes, The tangle of traffic is ended, the cars are empty, Five streets divide us…

Before Night Falls

Director:Julian SchnabelFine Line Features; R; 125 minutesRelease:12/00Cast:Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp His brother's a film director, his mother a renowned actress, heck—…

Brewer's: Candles of the Night

The stars are so called by Shakespeare, in the Merchant of Venice, v. 1. Milton has improved upon the idea:- Else, O thievish Night, Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy…

Brewer's: Command Night

In theatrical parlance, a night on which a certain play is performed by command of some person of authority or influence. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…