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Brewer's: Glasgow Arms
An oak tree, a bell hanging on one of the branches, a bird at the top of the tree, and a salmon with a ring in its mouth at the base. St. Kentigern, in the seventh century, took up his…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 10
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 9 Canto 11 Canto 10 Was there a human spirit in the steed, That thus with his proud voice, ere night was gone, He broke our linked rest? or do indeed All living…Mob murder in a Christian nation
by Ida B. Wells The lynching record for a quarter of a century merits the thoughtful study of the American people. It presents three salient facts: First, lynching is a colorline…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: A Winter Night
by Robert Burns Fragment On SensibilitySong-Yon Wild Mossy MountainsA Winter Night Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm!…Foday Sankoh: Sierra Leone's Rebel with a Cause
// Cite Sierra Leone's Rebel with a Cause by David Johnson Rebel leader Foday Sankoh. (Source/AP) Related Links Sierra Leone: A Nation Collapses Major Players in Civil War…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: January 27, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark January 26, 1806January 28, 1806January 27, 1806 Tuesday January 27th 1806. This morning Collins set out for the Salt works. in the evening…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, August 25, 1804
Day 222 Day 224 Clark, August 25, 1804 25th August Satturday 1804 a Cloudy morning Capt Lewis & my Self Concluded to go and See the Mound which was viewed with Such turrow by all the…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Hellas, Preface
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Prologue to Hellas Preface The poem of "Hellas", written at the suggestion of the events of the moment, is a mere improvise, and derives its interest (should it be…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Zucca
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Magnetic Lady to Her PatientThe Zucca Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824, and dated 'January, 1822.' There is a copy amongst the Boscombe…Brewer's: Jane
A Genoese halfpenny, a corruption of Januensis or Genoensis. “Because I could not give her many a jane.” Spenser: Fuërie Queene, book iii. canto vii. 58. Jane. A most ill-starred name…Trending
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