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Wedding Lore and Traditions

Traditions around tying the knot Marriage Statistics Median Age at First Marriage Marriages and Divorces Marriage Rates for Selected Countries Related Statistics Related Links Wedding Quotations…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Adonais, Preface

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Adonais Preface Pharmakon elthe, Bion, poti son stoma, pharmakon eides. pos ten tois cheilessi potesrame, kouk eglukanthe; tis de Brotos tossouton anameros, e kerasai…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 4

Part 4Trippers and askers surround me, People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward and city I live in, or the nation, The latest dates, discoveries, inventions,…

John Donne: Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star

SongGo and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the devil's foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's…

Biographies: 2011 People in the News

2011 People in the News See also 2010 People in the News 2009 People in the News 2008 People in the News 2007 People in the News 2006 People in the News…

Moody, William Vaughn

(Encyclopedia) Moody, William Vaughn, 1869–1910, American poet and dramatist, b. Spencer, Ind., grad. Harvard, 1893. After writing several verse dramas, Moody achieved wide success with the prose…

Margaret of Scotland, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Margaret of Scotland, Saint, d. 1093, queen consort of Malcolm III and sister of Edgar Atheling. She was married to Malcolm c.1070. A deeply religious woman, she worked to replace the…

Lightfoot, Lori Elaine

(Encyclopedia) Lightfoot, Lori Elaine, 1962–, American lawyer and politician, b. Massillon, Ohio, J.D. Univ. of Chicago Law School, 1989. A Democrat, she was an attorney in private practive before…