The Wallabout MartyrsGreater than memory of Achilles or Ulysses,
More, more by far to thee than tomb of Alexander,
Those cart loads of old charnel ashes, scales and splints of mouldy bones,…
by Ambrose Bierce REVERENCEREVOLUTIONREVIEW -v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it,
Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)
At work upon a book, and…
(Encyclopedia) lace, patterned openwork fabric made by plaiting, knotting, looping, or twisting. The finest lace is made from linen thread. Handmade laces include needlepoint and bobbin lace, tatting…
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: 'My Head Is Wild with Weeping'Note on Poems of 1818, by Mrs. ShelleyFragment: The Vine-Shroud Published by W.M. Rossetti, 1870. Flourishing vine, whose…
by Ambrose Bierce ELYSIUMEMBALMEMANCIPATION -n. A bondman's change from the tyranny of another to the despotism of himself. He was a slave: at word he went and came;
His iron…
by Ambrose Bierce EPIGRAMERUDITIONEPITAPH -n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example: Here lie the…
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: To the MoonNote on Poems of 1822, by Mrs. ShelleyEpitaph Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. These are two friends whose lives were…
American prisoner of war, was rescued in April from a hospital in Nasiriya, Iraq. She was one of 12 members of the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company captured by Iraqi troops in March. She…
The Lady Visitor in the Pauper WardWhy do you break upon this old, cool peace,
This painted peace of ours,
With harsh dress hissing like a flock of geese,
With garish flowers?
Why do you…
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