The two stars b and g in the Great Bear. Shakespeare, in Othello, ii. l, refers to them where he says, the surge seems “to quench the guards of the ever-fixéd pole.” “How to knowe the…
The Dream of Aengus OgEleanor Rogers CoxWhen the rose of Morn through the Dawn was breaking,
And white on the hearth was last night's flame,
Thither to me 'twixt sleeping and waking,…
etc. Dancing round the May-pole on May-day, “going a-Maying,” electing a May-queen, and lighting bonfires, are all remnants of Sun-worship, and may be traced to the most ancient times.…
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At the Pole
AFTER a great expenditure of life and treasure a Daring Explorer had succeeded in reaching the North Pole, when he was approached by a Native Galeut who lived there.
"Good…
The Basking Cyclone The Optimist and the Cynic At the Pole AFTER a great expenditure of life and treasure a Daring Explorer had succeeded in reaching the North Pole, when he was…
To a Portrait of Whistler in the Brooklyn Art MuseumEleanor Rogers CoxWhat waspish whim of Fate
Was this that bade you here
Hold dim, unhonored state,
No single courtier near?Is there, of…
