Lowell, Amy[1874-1925](5)Born in Brookline, Mass., Feb. 9, 1874. Educated at private schools. Author of "A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass", 1912; "Sword Blades and Poppy Seed", 1914; "Men,…
(Encyclopedia) White, Richard Grant, 1821–85, American journalist, writer, and Shakespearean scholar, b. New York City. He had a varied career and was at different times music critic and coeditor (…
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Decaying victim of a race of kings,
Swift Destiny shook…
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A wilderness of sad streets, where gaunt walls
Hide nothing to desire; sunshine falls
Eery, distorted, as it long had shone
On…
The Red Lacquer Music-StandA music-stand of crimson lacquer, long since brought
In some fast clipper-ship from China, quaintly wrought
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He looks a silly thing enough to stand up…
Afternoon Rain in State StreetCross-hatchings of rain against grey walls,
Slant lines of black rain
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Below,
Greasy, shiny, black,…
Nightmare: A Tale for an Autumn EveningAfter a Print by George CruikshankIt was a gusty night,
With the wind booming, and swooping,
Looping round corners,
Sliding over the cobble-stones,…
St. Helena, May, 1821Tap! Tap! Tap!
Through the white tropic night.
Tap! Tap!
Beat the hammers,
Unwearied, indefatigable.
They are hanging dull black cloth about the dead.
Lustreless black…
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