MONROE James , a Representative from New York; born in Albemarle County, Va., September 10,
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by Robert Frost Spoils of the DeadThe Demiurge's LaughPan with Us about art (his own); PAN came out of the woods one day,—
His skin and his hair and his eyes were gray,
The gray of the…
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