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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Musketaquid
MusketaquidBecause I was content with these poor fields, Low, open meads, slender and sluggish streams, And found a home in haunts which others scorned, The partial wood-gods overpaid my love…Walt Whitman: Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun
Give Me the Splendid Silent SunPart 1Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling, Give me autumnal fruit ripe and red from the orchard, Give me a field where the unmow'd…Walt Whitman: The Singer in the Prison
The Singer in the Prison O sight of pity, shame and dole! O fearful thought—a convict soul.Part 1Rang the refrain along the hall, the prison, Rose to the roof, the vaults of…The Celtic Twilight: An Enduring Heart
by W. B. Yeats A Knight of the SheepThe SorcerersAn Enduring Heart One day a friend of mine was making a sketch of my Knight of the Sheep. The old man's daughter was sitting by, and, when…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, January 7, 1806
Day 1126 Day 1128 Clark, January 7, 1806 Tuesday 7th of January 1806 Some frost this morning. It may appear Somewhat incrediable, but So it is that the Elk which was killed last evening…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, November 5, 1805
Day 988 Day 990 Clark, November 5, 1805 November 5th Tuesday 1805 Rained all the after part of last night, rain continues this morning, I slept but verry little last night for the noise…Pronoun Reference: How's That Again?
How's That Again?Pronoun ReferenceIntroductionHow's That Again?It Just Proves There's Someone for EveryoneA Match Made in Writer's Heaven Read the following passage and summarize what it says.…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, May 24, 1806
Day 1408 Day 1410 Lewis, May 24, 1806 Saturday May 24th 1806. The child was very wrestless last night; it's jaw and the back of it's neck are much more swolen than they were yesterday tho…Brewer's: Chalk
I'll chalk out your path for you- i.e. lay it down or plan it out as a carpenter or ship-builder plans out his work with a piece of chalk. I can walk a chalk as well as you. I am no more…Brewer's: Ropes
Fought back to the ropes. Fought to the bitter end. A pugilistic phrase. “It is a battle that must be fought game, and right back to the ropes.” —Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap.…