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The Devil's Dictionary: Ultimatum
by Ambrose Bierce UGLINESSUN-AMERICANULTIMATUM -n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions. Having received an ultimatum from Austria, the Turkish Ministry met to…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Wind ("Of all the sounds")
by EmilyDickinsonXXIIIDeath and LifeThe Wind The Wind Of all the sounds despatched abroad, There's not a charge to me Like that old measure in the boughs, That phraseless melody The wind…Poem: The Hemlock
Poem 73 Poem 75 The Hemlock I think the hemlock likes to stand Upon a marge of snow; It suits his own austerity, And satisfies an awe That men must slake in wilderness, Or in the desert…Archibald McNEILL, Congress, NC (1849)
McNEILL Archibald , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Moore County, N.C.; member of the State house of commons in 1808 and 1809; served in the State senate 1811-1813, 1820, and…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Frae The Friends And Land I Love
by Robert Burns Nithsdale's Welcome HameSuch A Parcel Of Rogues In A NationFrae The Friends And Land I Love Tune-"Carron Side." Frae the friends and land I love, Driv'n by…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: My Native Land Sae Far Awa
by Robert Burns Thou Gloomy DecemberMy Native Land Sae Far Awa O sad and heavy, should I part, But for her sake, sae far awa; Unknowing what my way may thwart, My…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: O Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast
by Robert Burns A Health To Ane I Loe DearInscription To Miss Jessy LewarsO Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast O wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My…1978 National Book Awards
Biography and AutobiographySamuel Johnson, W. Jackson BateChildren's LiteratureThe View From the Oak, Judith Kohl and Herbert KohlContemporary ThoughtWinners and Losers, Gloria…Pitch Black
Director:David TwohyWriters:Jim and Ken Wheat and David TwohyUSA Films; R; 107 minutesRelease:2/00Cast:Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser Pitch Black probably deserves a B+. It's a sci-…Walt Whitman: To Think of Time, Part 2
Part 2Not a day passes, not a minute or second without an accouchement, Not a day passes, not a minute or second without a corpse.The dull nights go over and the dull days also, The soreness…