(Encyclopedia) Waterhouse, Alfred, 1830–1905, English architect. He won competitions for the Manchester assize court (1859) and the Manchester city hall (1868). This work placed him in the forefront…
(Encyclopedia) Brashear, John AlfredBrashear, John Alfredbrəshērˈ [key], 1840–1920, American maker of scientific instruments and educator, b. Brownsville, Pa. A mechanic by trade, he taught himself…
Bredon HillIn summertime on Bredon[1]
The bells they sound so clear;
Round both the shires they ring them
In steeples far and near,
A happy noise to hear.Here of a Sunday morning
My love…
Clunton and Clunbury,
Clungunford and Clun,
Are the quietest places
Under the sun.In valleys of springs of rivers,
By Ony and Teme and Clun,
The country for easy livers,
The quietest…
Hughley SteepleThe vane on Hughley steeple
Veers bright, a far-known sign,
And there lie Hughley people,
And there lie friends of mine.
Tall in their midst the tower
Divides the shade and…
The Carpenter's Son"Here the hangman stops his cart:
Now the best of friends must part.
Fare you well, for ill fare I:
Live, lads, and I will die.""Oh, at home had I but stayed
'Prenticed to…
The Day of Battle"Far I hear the bugle blow
To call me where I would not go,
And the guns begin the song,
'Soldier, fly or stay for long.'""Comrade, if to turn and fly
Made a soldier never…
The Immortal PartWhen I meet the morning beam,
Or lay me down at night to dream,
I hear my bones within me say,
"Another night, another day.""When shall this slough of sense be cast,
This…
The Isle of PortlandThe star-filled seas are smooth to-night
From France to England strown;
Black towers above the Portland light
The felon-quarried stone.On yonder island, not to rise,…
The Lent Lily'Tis spring; come out to ramble
The hilly brakes around,
For under thorn and bramble
About the hollow ground
The primroses are found.And there's the windflower chilly
With…
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