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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 3, 1805
Day 574 Day 576 Clark, April 3, 1805 April the 3rd Thursday 1805 a white frost this morning, Some ice on the edge of the water, a fine day Pack up and prepare to load Mrs. La Roche…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 9, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 8, 1804June 10, 1804June 9, 1804 9th of June Satterday Set out early, water verry Swift got fast on a log, detained us 1/4 hour Hard rain…Sara Teasedale: Sappho II
Sappho IIOh Litis, little slave, why will you sleep? These long Egyptian noons bend down your head Bowed like the yarrow with a yellow bee. There, lift your eyes no man has ever kindled, Dark…Sara Teasedale: Sappho III
Sappho IIIFrom " Helen of Troy and Other Poems."The twilight's inner flame grows blue and deep, And in my Lesbos, over leagues of sea, The temples glimmer moon-wise in the trees. Twilight has…Christina Rossetti: Martyrs' Song
Martyrs' SongWe meet in joy, though we part in sorrow; We part to-night, but we meet to-morrow. Be it flood or blood the path that's trod, All the same it leads home to God: Be it furnace-…Edwin Arlington Robinson: The Master
The Master(Lincoln)Edwin Arlington RobinsonA flying word from here and there Had sown the name at which we sneered, But soon the name was everywhere, To be reviled and then revered: A…Sara Teasdale: Sappho
SapphoSara TeasdaleThe twilight's inner flame grows blue and deep, And in my Lesbos, over leagues of sea, The temples glimmer moonwise in the trees. Twilight has veiled the little flower face…John Keats: Ode on indolence
To AutumnOde on indolence They toil not, neither do they spin.Matthew 6:28 One morn before me were three figures seen, With bowed necks, and joined hands, side-faced; And one…Brewer's: Bolted Arrow
A blunt arrow for shooting young rooks with a cross-bow; called “bolting rooks.” A gun would not do, and an arrow would mangle the little things too much. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Fashion
[fash'-un. ] In a fashion or after a fashion. “In a sort of a way;” as, “he spoke French in a fashion” (i.e. very badly). (“French of Stratford atte Bowe.”) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Trending
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