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Untermeyer, Jean Starr
Untermeyer, Jean Starr[1886-1970](1)Born at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1886. Educated in private schools of New York City and in special courses at Columbia University. Married Louis Untermeyer,…Aesop's Fables: The Wasp and the Snake
by Aesop The Dog and the WolfThe Eagle and the BeetleThe Wasp and the Snake A Wasp settled on the head of a Snake, and not only stung him several times, but clung obstinately to the head…Aesop's Fables: The Boy and the Nettles
by Aesop The Mouse, the Frog, and the HawkThe Peasant and the Apple-TreeThe Boy and the Nettles A Boy was gathering berries from a hedge when his hand was stung by a Nettle. Smarting with…The Devil's Dictionary: Cupid
by Ambrose Bierce CUNNINGCURIOSITYCUPID -n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was no doubt inflicted upon mythology for the sins of its deities. Of all…The Devil's Dictionary: Repentance
by Ambrose Bierce REPARTEEREPLICAREPENTANCE -n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Lines On John M'Murdo, ESQ.
by Robert Burns Bonie Jean-A BalladEpitaph On A Lap-DogLines On John M'Murdo, ESQ. Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day! No envious cloud o'ercast his evening ray; No wrinkle…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment: Rain ("The fitful alternations of the rain")
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: 'Wake the Serpent Not' Fragment: A Tale Untold Fragment: Rain Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition. The fitful alternations of the…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Scene 3.4:
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 3.3: Act 4 SCENE 3.4: A FOREST. IN THE BACKGROUND A CAVE. PROMETHEUS, ASIA, PANTHEA, IONE, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH. IONE: Sister, it is not earthly: how…Walt Whitman: Starting from Paumanok, Part 9
Part 9What do you seek so pensive and silent? What do you need camerado? Dear son do you think it is love?Listen dear son—listen America, daughter or son, It is a painful thing to love a man…Robert Graves: Not Dead
Not DeadWalking through trees to cool my heat and pain, I know that David's with me here again. All that is simple, happy, strong, he is. Caressingly I stroke Rough hark of the friendly oak.…Trending
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