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Anne Bradstreet: Upon Some Distemper of Body

Upon Some Distemper of Body In anguish of my heart replete with woes, And wasting pains, which best my body knows, In tossing slumbers on my wakeful bed, Bedrenched with tears that flowed…

Sara Teasdale: Open Windows

Open WindowsOut of the window a sea of green trees Lift their soft boughs like the arms of a dancer, They beckon and call me, "Come out in the sun!" But I cannot answer.I am alone with…

The Valley of the Shadow

The Valley of the ShadowWhen the first bitterness was over, the family accepted the inevitable, and tried to bear it cheerfully, helping one another by the increased affection which comes to…

Legalized Euthanasia

Dutch legalization of assisted suicide sparks international debate by David Johnson Strict Guidelines The Dutch measure legalizing euthansia requires that specific provisions be met:…

John Donne: The Triple Fool

The Triple Fool I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so In whining poetry; But where's that wise man, that would not be I, If she would not…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Act 1

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dramatis Personae Act 2 Act 1 A Ravine of icy rocks in the Indian Caucasus. Prometheus is discovered bound to the precipice. Pantea and Ione are seated at his feet.…

John Milton - Paradise Lost: Book II

Book II High on a Throne of Royal State, which far Outshon the wealth of ORMUS and of IND, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showrs on her Kings BARBARIC Pearl & Gold, Satan…