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Anne Bradstreet: Meditation July 8th., 1656

Meditation July 8th., 1656Abstract I had a sore fit of fainting, which lasted 2 or 3 days, but not in that extremity which at first it took me, and so much the sorer it was to me because my…

The Devil's Dictionary: Female

by Ambrose Bierce FELONFIBFEMALE -n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails…

John Donne: Prayer XXI. Atque annuit ille

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who hast made little things to signify great, and conveyed the infinite merits of thy Son in the water of baptism, and in the bread and wine…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poems Written in 1817

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems Written in 1816Poems Written in 1818Poems Written in 1817Marianne's DreamTo Constantia, SingingTo ConstantiaFragment: To One SingingA Fragment: To MusicAnother Fragment…

The Koran/Sura II — The Cow

Sura II — The Cow[852]Medina — 286 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. MIM.[853] No doubt is there about this Book: It is a guidance to the God-fearing,…

The Koran/Sura XLI — The Made Plain

Sura[518] XLI — The Made Plain Mecca — 54 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful HA. MIM.[519] A Revelation from the Compassionate, the Merciful! A Book whose verses…

Brewer's: The Adversary

Satan. (1 Peter v, 8.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AdvocateAdvent A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…