O'DAY Caroline Love Goodwin , a Representative from New York; born in Perry, Houston County, Ga.,
June 22, 1875; attended private schools and was graduated from Lucy Cobb
Institute, Athens, Ga.;…
by EmilyDickinson
A Word
Life's Trades
VII
To venerate the simple days
Which lead the seasons by,
Needs but to remember
That from you or me
They may take the trifle
Termed mortality!
To…
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Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day [May 4, 1865]Hush'd be the camps to-day,
And soldiers let us drape our war-worn weapons,
And each with musing soul retire to celebrate,
Our dear commander's death.…
judge, was nominated by President Bush in July to replace Sandra Day O'Connor as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. By all accounts, the Harvard-educated, deeply religious…
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Song
Lines Written on Hearing the N...
Mutability
Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. There is a fair draft amongst the Boscombe manuscripts.
1.
The…
Chicago, Illinois, is known as the Windy City. The name may come from the breezes off Lake Michigan or the braggadocious population, no one knows for sure. But its rapid growth from a humble…
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