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…
The Merry GuideOnce in the wind of morning
I ranged the thymy wold;
The world-wide air was azure
And all the brooks ran gold.There through the dews beside me
Behold a youth that trod,
With…
The New Mistress"Oh, sick I am to see you, will you never let me be?
You may be good for something, but you are not good for me.
Oh, go where you are wanted, for you are not wanted here."
And…
The True LoverThe lad came to the door at night,
When lovers crown their vows,
And whistled soft and out of sight
In shadow of the boughs."I shall not vex you with my face
Henceforth, my…
The Welsh MarchesHigh the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam
Islanded in Severn stream;
The bridges from the steepled crest
Cross the water east and west.The flag of morn in conqueror's state
Enters…
(Encyclopedia) Nozick, Robert, 1938–2002, American political philosopher, b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; grad. Columbia Univ. (B.A., 1959), Princeton (M.A., 1961; Ph.D., 1963). After teaching at Princeton and…
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by Robert Burns The Fete ChampetreSong.-The Day ReturnsEpistle To Robert Graham, Esq., Of Fintry Requesting a Favour When Nature her great master-piece design'd,
And fram'…
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