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The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
by Thomas Nathaniel OrchardMany able and cultured writers have delighted to expatiate on the beauties of Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost,’ and to linger with admiration over the lofty utterances expressed in his poem. Though conscious of his inability to do justice to the sublimest of poets and the noblest of sciences, the author has ventured to contribute to Miltonic literature a w..
Watchers of the Sky
by Alfred NoyesThis volume, while it is complete in itself, is also the first of a trilogy, the scope of which is suggested in the prologue. The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unity—a unity of purpose and endeavour—the single torch passing from hand to hand through the centuries; and the great moments of science when, after long labour, the pionee..
The True Grecian Bend - A Story in Verse
by Larry LeighThe True Grecian Bend: A Story in Verse by Larry Leigh.A woman in France got the spinal disease,And from that sad moment she had no more ease;To add to her anguish, she very soon found,Oh, horrors! her back was becoming quite round. The spasms of physical pain she endured,Were keen, I assure you, and could not be cured;But bad as these we..
Mortal Summer
by Mark Van DorenMark Van Doren was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, John Berryman, Whittaker Chambers, and Beat Generation writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac..
The Death of the Scharnhorst, and Other Poems
by Arch Alfred McKillenThe Death of the Scharnhorst, and Other Poems written by Arch Alfred McKillen.The Bird, the Lad and MeThe War in SpainIt Rains TonightWhile Drums Are RollingApolloFountain of LovelinessHighway Number 66Dirge for the SqualusEcho Canyon..
A happy New Year, and other verses
by C. E. de la Poer BeresfordA happy New Year, and other verses is a collection of English poems written by C. E. de la Poer Beresford. Some of the works in this collection are At Santa Sophia, ConstantinopleThe Hill CitiesFlorence from San MiniatoThe ThamesIn Te, Domine, speroTo Miss X. de C. on her BirthdayLondonderry City Election, 1885Londonderry City Election, 1..
Harlem Shadows
by Claude McKayHarlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay is a collection of poems written by Claude McKay.These poems have a special interest for all the races of man because they are sung by a pure blooded Negro. They are the first significant expression of that race in poetry. We tried faithfully to give a position in our literature to Paul Laurence Dunbar. We ..
Familiar Studies in Homer
by Agnes M. ClerkeHomeric archæology has, within the last few years, finally left the groove of purely academic discussion to advance along the new route laid down for it by practical methods of investigation. The results are full of present interest, and of future promise. They already imply a reconstruction of the Hellenic past; they vitalise the Homeric world, br..