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Parting (Poem by Emily Dickinson)

Parting By  Emily Dickinson My life closed twice before its close;     It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil     A third event to me, So huge, …

Big Bear the Indian Chief (Poem by James McIntyre)

Big Bear the Indian Chief By  James McIntyre The following impromptu was given at a banquet to one of the captives of Fort Pit after he had related h…

A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears and Some Books (Poem by Robert Lee Frost)

A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears and Some Books By  Robert Lee Frost Old Davis owned a solid mica mountain In Dalton that would some day make hi…

Labor and the Angel (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott)

Labor and the Angel By  Duncan Campbell Scott The wind plunges — then stops; And a column of leaves in a whirl, Like a dervish that spins — drops, Wi…

The Heron Ballads (Poem by Robert Burns)

The Heron Ballads Ballad Second By  Robert Burns (1) Fy, let us a’ to Kirkcudbright,     For there will be bickerin’ there; For Murray’s [1] light h…

The English Flag (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)

The English Flag By  Rudyard Kipling Above the portico the Union Jack remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when it fell th…

Moses on the Nile (Poem by Victor Hugo)

Moses On The Nile By  Victor Hugo "Sisters! the wave is freshest in the ray Of the young morning; the reapers are asleep; The ri…
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