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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On The Death Of John M'Leod, Esq,
by Robert Burns Epigram To Miss Jean ScottElegy On The Death Of Sir Jame...On The Death Of John M'Leod, Esq, Brother to a young Lady, a particular friend of the Author's. Sad thy…The Beatles: Biographies, Timeline, Trivia, Songs and More
The Beatles remain one of the most popular and enduring bands of all time. Their first album, Please Please Me, was released on March 22, 1963. Read about their lasting influence, biographies…1980 Winter Olympics
Lake Placid Top 10 Standings Leading Medal Winners Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsled Figure Skating Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Skiing Speed Skating Eric and…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 49
Part 49And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me.To his work without flinching the accoucheur comes, I see the elder-hand pressing receiving…Ralph Waldo Emerson: IV
IVThe civil world will much forgive To bards who from its maxims live, But if, grown bold, the poet dare Bend his practice to his prayer And following his mighty heart Shame the times and…Walt Whitman: The City Dead-House
The City Dead-HouseBy the city dead-house by the gate, As idly sauntering wending my way from the clangor, I curious pause, for lo, an outcast form, a poor dead prostitute brought, Her corpse…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Monody
by Robert Burns The Flowery Banks Of CreeThe EpitaphMonody On a lady famed for her Caprice. How cold is that bosom which folly once fired, How pale is that cheek where the…The True George Washington: Master and Employer: Charity
CharityAfter the terrible attack of fever in Philadelphia in 1793, Washington wrote to a clergyman of that city,—"It has been my intention ever since my return to the city, to contribute my…Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Miracle
The MiracleI have trod this path a hundred times With idle footsteps, crooning rhymes. I know each nest and web-worm's tent, The fox-hole which the woodchucks rent, Maple and oak, the old…The Devil's Dictionary: Looking-glass
by Ambrose Bierce LONGEVITYLOQUACITYLOOKING-GLASS -n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given. The King of Manchuria had a magic looking-glass,…