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Poems by Emily Dickinson: XIX ("Delight")

by EmilyDickinsonThe ShowXXXIX Delight becomes pictorial When viewed through pain, — More fair, because impossible That any gain. The mountain at a given distance In amber lies;…

Stepping-Stones

Stepping-StonesWhen Nat went into school on Monday morning, he quaked inwardly, for now he thought he should have to display his ignorance before them all. But Mr. Bhaer gave him a seat in…

Book Four

Book Four   That which rules within, when it is according to nature, is so affected with respect to the events which happen, that it always easily adapts itself to that which is and is…

Breakfast Foods

(Source: Center for Science in the Public Interest.) Within each category, foods are ranked from least to most saturated fat, then total fat, then sodium (or total sugars for cereals, muffins…

Sara Teasdale: Eight O'Clock

Eight O'ClockSupper comes at five o'clock, At six, the evening star, My lover comes at eight o'clock — But eight o'clock is far.How could I bear my pain all day Unless I watched to see The…

Sara Teasdale: Summer Storm

Summer StormThe panther wind Leaps out of the night, The snake of lightning Is twisting and white, The lion of thunder Roars — and we Sit still and content Under a tree — We have met fate…

Sara Teasdale: "Like Barley Bending"

"Like Barley Bending"Like barley bending In low fields by the sea, Singing in hard wind Ceaselessly;Like barley bending And rising again, So would I, unbroken, Rise from pain;So would I…

Paul E. Tsongas Biography

Paul E. TsongasAge: 55 former Massachusetts Senator. Only presidential candidate in 1992 Democratic campaign to offer painful but realistic solutions to economic problems. Died: Jan. 18, 1997…