The Master(Lincoln)Edwin Arlington RobinsonA flying word from here and there
Had sown the name at which we sneered,
But soon the name was everywhere,
To be reviled and then revered:
A…
SapphoSara TeasdaleThe twilight's inner flame grows blue and deep,
And in my Lesbos, over leagues of sea,
The temples glimmer moonwise in the trees.
Twilight has veiled the little flower face…
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Cozy tops give small birds a chance by Holly Hartman "They look so cute. You can just see their heads and little flippers sticking out." Oil spills are some of the most challenging environmental…
Pliny (xvi. 20) tells us this word is derived from taxa, a species of bay-tree used for poisoning arrows. Hence the Greek toxon (a bow and arrows), and toxicon (rank poison). Source:…
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 8, 1804June 10, 1804June 9, 1804 9th of June Satterday Set out early, water verry Swift got fast on a log, detained us 1/4 hour Hard rain…
Day 1319 Day 1321 Clark, April 12, 1806 Saturday April 12th 1806. rained the greater part of the last night and this morning untile 10 A.M. we employed all hands in attempting to take up…
(The Court of). The most ancient consistory court of England, the dean of which anciently held his court under the arches of Bow church. Of course we refer to the old church, the steeple…
meaning power, as Beyond my bend, i.e. my means or power. The allusion is to a bow or spring; if strained beyond its bending power, it breaks. (See Bent.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
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