(Encyclopedia) Shelton, city (1990 pop. 35,418), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on the Housatonic River opposite Derby; settled 1697, set off from Stratford 1789, inc. as a city 1915. Metal products,…
(Encyclopedia) Blake, Eubie (James Hubert Blake),
1887–1983, African-American pianist and composer, b. Baltimore. His
career extended from ragtime (see…
by WilliamBlakeThe ShepherdThe LambThe Echoing Green The sun does arise,
And make happy the skies;
The merry bells ring
To welcome the Spring;
The skylark and thrush,
The birds of…
by WilliamBlakeThe Chimney-SweeperThe Little Boy FoundThe Little Boy Lost "Father, father, where are you going?
Oh do not walk so fast!
Speak, father, speak to you little boy,
Or…
by WilliamBlakeThe Little Boy LostLaughing SongThe Little Boy Found The little boy lost in the lonely fen,
Led by the wandering light,
Began to cry, but God, ever nigh,
Appeared…
(Encyclopedia) Blake, William, 1757–1827, English poet and artist, b. London. Although he exerted a great influence on English romanticism, Blake defies characterization by school, movement, or even…
(Encyclopedia) Blake, Toe (Hector Blake), 1912–1995, Canadian ice hockey player and coach. A left wing, Blake played (1934–35) with the National Hockey League's Montreal Maroons, spent time in the…
by WilliamBlakeIIIVIII Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed. Art thou a Worm? image of weakness. art thou but a Worm?
I see thee like an infant wrapped in the Lillys…
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