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Lewis Carroll: The First Voice

The First VoiceHe trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze from off the sea:It passed athwart the glooming flat— It fanned his forehead as he sat—…

Down the Columbia to Tidewater

Chapter 15 Chapter 17 Down the Columbia to Tidewater The voyagers were now drifting down the Columbia River, and they found the way impeded by many rapids, some of them very…

Warner LeRoy 2001 Deaths

Warner LeRoyAge: 65 New York City restaurateur whose showmanship made Maxwell's Plum one of the city's trendiest restaurants in the 1960s. In 1973 he took over the Tavern on the Green, making…

Amy Lowell: Breakfast Table

Breakfast TableIn the fresh-washed sunlight, the breakfast table is decked and white. It offers itself in flat surrender, tendering tastes, and smells, and colours, and metals, and grains,…

Lewis Carroll: Echoes

EchoesLady Clara Vere de Vere Was eight years old, she said: Every ringlet, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden thread.She took her little porringer: Of me she shall not win renown: For the…

Amy Lowell: Part Fourth

Part FourthFrau Altgelt waited in the chilly street, Hustled by lackeys who ran up and down Shouting their coachmen's names; forced to retreat A pace or two by lurching chairmen; thrown…