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John Donne: A Jet Ring Sent
A Jet Ring SentThou art not so black as my heart, Nor half so brittle as her heart, thou art; What would'st thou say? shall both our properties by thee be spoke, —Nothing more…Margaret Widdemer: The Dark Cavalier
The Dark CavalierMargaret WiddemerI am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover: My arms shall welcome you when other arms are tired; I stand to wait for you, patient in the darkness,…First African-American to Win Congressional Medal of Honor
The Question: Who was the first African-American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor? The Answer: William Carney was the first African-American recipient. He was awarded the…September 2006 Disasters
Sept. 13, Damascus, Syria: an attack by four gunman on the American embassy was foiled as three of the men were killed and one captured.Sept. 22, Ky.: heavy rains triggered floods in fifteen…Walt Whitman: Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd
Out of the Rolling Ocean the CrowdOut of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me, Whispering I love you, before long I die, I have travel'd a long way merely to look on you to…Thomas S. Jones, Jr.: Joyous-Gard
Joyous-GardThomas S. Jones, Jr.Wind-washed and free, full-swept by rain and wave, By tang of surf and thunder of the gale, Wild be the ride yet safe the barque will sail And past the…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Young Highland Rover
by Robert Burns Song-My Peggy's CharmsBirthday Ode For 31st December, 1787The Young Highland Rover Tune-"Morag." Loud blaw the frosty breezes, The snaws the mountains…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, April 19, 1805
Day 603 Day 605 Lewis, April 19, 1805 Friday April 19th 1805. The wind blew So hard this morning from N. W. that we dared not to venture our canoes on the river.- Observed considerable…Famous and Infamous Moms
Mother Teresa, Rose Kennedy, and other notable mothers by Beth Rowen Dorothea Lange's photo, "Migrant Mother" God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." —Jewish Proverb…Ralph Waldo Emerson: To-Day
To-DayI rake no coffined clay, nor publish wide The resurrection of departed pride. Safe in their ancient crannies, dark and deep, Let kings and conquerors, saints and soldiers sleep— Late in…Trending
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