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Robert Graves: A Pinch of Salt

A Pinch of SaltWhen a dream is born in you With a sudden clamorous pain, When you know the dream is true And lovely, with no flaw nor stain, O then, be careful, or with sudden clutch You'…

Aesop's Fables: The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion

by Aesop Mercury and the WoodmanThe Lion and the MouseThe Ass, the Fox, and the Lion An Ass and a Fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together. They hadn't gone…

Aesop's Fables: The Cat and the Mice

by Aesop The Goose That Laid the Golden EggsThe Mischievous DogThe Cat and the Mice There was once a house that was overrun with Mice. A Cat heard of this, and said to herself, "That's the…

A vs. An

The Question: Is it "A historian" or "AN historian"? I've seen both. The Answer: This is a contested question. Let's start with the basics. A…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 10

Part 10Allons! the inducements shall be greater, We will sail pathless and wild seas, We will go where winds blow, waves dash, and the Yankee clipper speeds by under full sail.Allons!…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: LXXXIII

Sonnet LXXXII Sonnet LXXXIV LXXXIII I never saw that you did painting need, And therefore to your fair no painting set; I found, or thought I found, you did exceed That barren tender of…

Walt Whitman: To Think of Time, Part 5

Part 5The markets, the government, the working-man's wages, to think what account they are through our nights and days, To think that other working-men will make just as great account of…

Aesop's Fables: The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

by Aesop The Quack DoctorHercules and PlutusThe Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox A Lion, infirm with age, lay sick in his den, and all the beasts of the forest came to inquire after his health…