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......................................... 46 In the School of —— is a tablet on which are inscribed, in gilt .............................................. .................................................................... 66 POEMS ON THE NAMING OF PLACES....................................................... .................................................................... 67 POEMS on the NAMING of PLACES. ..................................................... ...lter mounted him; he was the third Which he had mounted on that glorious day. Joy sparkeled in the prancing Courser’s eyes; The horse and horsem... ..., “Till now Such sight was never seen by living eyes: Three leaps have borne him from this lofty brow, Down to the very fountain where he lies.”... ...tain in the dell; And they, who do make mention of the same, From this day forth, shall call it Hart-leap Well. And, gallant brute! to make thy ... ...birds their morning carols sing, And he, perhaps, for aught we know, was born Not half a furlong from that self-same spring. But now here’s neit... .... Fair are the woods, and beauteous is the spot, The vale where he was born: the Church-yard hangs Upon a slope above the village school, And ... ...rits busy to do and undo: At remembrance whereof my blood sometimes will flag. —Then, light-hearted Boys, to the top of the Crag! And I’ll build...

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...Excerpt: On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of ...

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...versity. 3 Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Book I I. ON A JANUARY EVENING of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing ... ...r opened the door at the back of the club box the curtain had just gone up on the garden scene. There was no reason why the young man should not have ... ...se when the pleasure was a delicate one, as his pleasures mostly were; and on this occasion the moment he looked forward to was so rare and exquisite ... ...large sum of trust money) less than a year after his marriage, on the very day that a beautiful Spanish dancer who had been delighting thronged audien... ...nly twenty-eight, and had “tied up” the money with an addi- tional caution born of the general distrust of the Spicers; but his bold young widow went ... ...me ineffable vision. “Dear,” Archer whispered, pressing her to him: it was borne in on him that the first hours of being engaged, even if spent in a b... ...ence she had made her reception rooms upstairs and established herself (in flagrant violation of all the New Y ork proprieties) on the ground floor of... ...men, and chiefly for learned persons who read Ruskin. Mrs. Archer had been born a Newland, and mother and daughter, who were as like as sis- ters, wer... ...lood her face. “Well, well, what have I said to make you shake out the red flag? Ain’t there going to be any daughters—only boys, eh? Good gra- cious,...

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...endants of long dead Doges whose names are older than those of sovereigns. On some bridge, as you glide past it, if you are ever in Venice, you may ad... ... nothing more intolerable than the stale reminiscences of those who insist on talking about V enice after so many great poets and petty travelers. The... ...the pride of the haughtiest. But all things become corrupt. At the present day some of these families have titles. And even at a time when the nobles ... ...e Republic, condemned for various crimes more or less criminal. The branch on whom this nominal principality then devolved, the Cane Memmi, sank into ... ...he ignominy of ac- cepting, as many nobles did, the indemnity of a franc a day, due to every impoverished patrician under the stipulations of the cess... ...ch have since achieved European fame. Genovese, then but three-and-twenty, born at Bergamo, a pupil of Veluti’s and devoted to his art, a fine man, go... ...orm of a skeleton, but death draped with the frippery you in France call a flag—a maiden form crowned with flowers or laurels; she appears in a cloud ... ... form crowned with flowers or laurels; she appears in a cloud of gunpowder borne on the flight of a cannon-ball—or else stretched on a bed between two... ...ll, the Duke and Capraja, who were acquainted at Naples,—where Cataneo was born,—are mad about music.” “But what is that strange system that Capraja w...

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...TREES .................................................................................................................................... 6 THE BLUE-FLAG IN THE BOG .................................................................................................... 6 JOURNEY......................................................................................................

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.................................................................. 6 THE BLUE-FLAG IN THE BOG .............................................................. ...ness Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of the crocus. The smell of the earth is... ...more, Lovely, lovely tattered mist! Weary wings that rise and fall All day long above the fire!”— Red with heat was every wall, Rough with heat ... ...lse sun unfurled, Now forevermore goodbye, All the gardens in the world! On the windless hills of Heaven, That I have no wish to see, White, etern... ...d April And I drew a bit apart, And I lagged a bit behind, And I thought on Peace Eternal, Lest He look into my mind: And I gazed upon the sky, ... ...9 Edna St. Vincent Millay There, encompassed round by fire, Stood a blue-flag in a bog! Little flames came wading out, Straining, straining toward... ...r, Son and Holy Ghost, Reach a hand and rescue me! “There—there, my blue-flag flower; Hush—hush—go to sleep; That is only God you hear, Counting... ...aking angles with the root, Far and out above the cackle Of the city I was born in, Till the little dirty city In the light so sheer and sunny Shone a... ...r, and crushes My heart. I know that Beauty must ail and die, And will be born again,—but ah, to see Beauty stiffened, staring up at the sky! Oh, Aut...

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..................................... 116 TO ALEX. SMITH, THE ‘GLASGOW POET,’ ON HIS SONNET TO ‘FAME’............... 117 GRANDFATHER BRIDGEMAN.............. ..........................................................................185 ON THE DANGER OF WAR ......................................................... ................................................................. 323 A FAITH ON TRIAL ..................................................................... ...And heard a thousand briny songs. 21 Her mission with her manly crew, Her flag unfurl’d, her title told, She took the Old World to the New, And broug... ...g over sunset snows, Half twilight violet shade, half crimson sheen. T win-born are both in beauteousness, most fair In all that glads the eye and cha... ...wakes emotions in the mind And sows sweet sympathies for human kind. T win-born, albeit their seasons are apart, They bloom together in the thoughtful... ...Forever painting to our museful sight, How lowlihead and loveliness unite. Born from the first blind yearning of the earth T o be a mother and give ha... ...black to white, Like parson into lawny bishop. IX The elms and yellow reed-flags in the sun, Look on quite grave:—the sunlight flecks his side; And li... ... entered it Serjeant-Major,”—and now he commands a salute, And carries the flag of old England! Heigh! see him lift foes on his foot! XIII ‘—An offic...

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... shall show thee treasure hid, Thy familiar fields amid, At thy threshold, on thy hearth, Or about thy daily path; And reveal (which is thy need) Ever... ...usand year. The result was that from time to time, and in different places on the farm and in the fields and in the country about, they saw and talked... ... England, another a builder and decorator of King Henry VII’s time; and so on and so forth; as I have tried to explain in a book called Puck of Pook ’... ...ple of the Hills call them, must be ruled by Cold Iron. Folk in housen are born on the near side of Cold Iron—there’s iron ‘in every man’s house, isn’... ... taken without wronging man, woman, or child. For another, he’d have to be born on the far side of Cold Iron—in some house where no Cold Iron ever sto... ...the moonlight, he’s without brand or blemish. I’ll answer for it that he’s born on the far side of Cold Iron, for he was born under a shaw on T erribl... ...e gentlemen and ladies pouring in and out. They sung and they waved French flags, while Captain Bompard and his offic- ers—yes, and some of the men—sp... ...ved the French. They all was the fashion in the city. I saw more tricolour flags in Philadelphia than ever I’ d seen in Boulogne, and every one was sh... ...o rush alongside in 122 Rewards and Fairies the face o’ the United States flag, but we couldn’t get over those two men killed, d’ye see, and the Cour...

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...TER 4. A CUNNING CONSPIRACY. 26 CHAPTER 5. A BEGGAR?S PALACE. 33 CHAPTER 6. THE MAGIC LOCKET. 39 CHAPTER 7. THE BARON?S EMBASSY. 44 CHAPTER 8. A RIDE ON A LION. 49 CHAPTER 9. A JESTER AND A BEAR. 56 CHAPTER 10. THE OTHER PROFESSOR. 62 CHAPTER 11. PETER AND PAUL. 69 CHAPTER 12. A MUSICAL GARDENER. 75 CHAPTER 13. A VISIT TO DOGLAND. 82 CHAPTER 14. FAIRY-SYLVlE. 91 CHAPTER 15...

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... woe Or laughing at some raree show We flutter idly to and fro. Man’s little Day in haste we spend, And, from its merry noontide, send No glance to me... ... LOCKET. 39 CHAPTER 7 . THE BARON’S EMBASSY. 44 CHAPTER 8 . A RIDE ON A LION. 49 CHAPTER 9 . A JESTER AND A BEAR. 56 CHAPTER 10 . T... ...s, but I could scarcely help hearing it, considering that my chin was almost on the Chancellor’s shoulder. The ‘march up’ was a very curious sight: a ... ...that all was being done under orders, for I noticed that all eyes were fixed on the man who stood just under the window, and to whom the Chancellor wa... ...n tinually whispering. This man held his hat in one hand and a little green flag in the other: whenever he waved the flag the procession advanced a l... ...Chancellor on the back. “You did that speech very well indeed. Why, you’re a born orator, man!” “Oh, that’s nothing! the Chancellor replied, modestly,... ...ing! the Chancellor replied, modestly, with downcast eyes. “Most orators are born, you know.” The Sub Warden thoughtfully rubbed his chin. “Why, so th... ...so I seemed to read it) of much illness and suffering, sweetly and patiently borne. She had a little crutch to help herself along with: and she was no... ...he mournfully replied. “It was kindly meant but I didn’t like it! They waved flags all round me till I was nearly blind: and they rang bells till I wa...

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...sh expedition the ambition of their protector might lead him to undertake. On the other hand, such and so multiplied were the means of vexation and op... ...erly to have been dedicated to the rites of Druidical su- perstition; for, on the summit of a hillock, so regular as to seem artificial, there still r... ...o Christianity, and lay, some prostrate near their former site, and others on the side of the hill. One large stone only had found its way to the bott... ... inscription of the following purport:—“Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.” Beside the swine-herd, for such was G... ... should be so per- fectly acquainted with the passes of the forest. “I was born a native of these parts,” answered their guide, and as he made the rep... ... them, and fitter subjects for their scorn and laugh- ter, than if we were born with but half our wits. But I will be avenged,” he added, starting fro... ...nk, surrounded a throne deco- rated in the same colours. Among pennons and flags bearing wounded hearts, burning hearts, bleeding hearts, bows and qui... ...r Aymer; “we have drunk and we have shouted,—it were time we left our wine flagons.” “The monk hath some fair penitent to shrive to-night, that he is ... ... be till I change my grey covering for one of green turf. But come, fill a flagon, for it will crave some time to tune the harp; and nought pitches th...

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...pt: Chapter 1. It was at Homburg, several years ago, before the gaming had been suppressed. The evening was very warm, and all the world was gathered on the terrace of the Kursaal and the esplanade below it to listen to the excellent orchestra; or half the world, rather, for the crowd was equally dense in the gaming-rooms around the tables. Everywhere the crowd was great. ...

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...been suppressed. The evening was very warm, and all the world was gathered on the terrace of the Kursaal and the esplanade below it to listen to the e... ...ad captured one, but it seemed no easy matter to find a mate for it. I was on the point of giving up in despair, and proposing an adjournment to the s... ... silken ottomans of the Kursaal, when I observed a young man lounging back on one of the objects of my quest, with his feet supported on the rounds of... ...being an exception. One of the charms of Homburg is the fact that of a hot day you may walk about for a whole afternoon in unbroken shade. The umbrage... ...cine to school and take a dose in a glass of water before lunch; and every day at two o’clock, half an hour before the rest of us were liberated, an o... ...gle select companion was prescribed. The choice, mysteriously, fell on me, born as I was under quite another star; my par- ents were appealed to, and ... ...ut if there was an old grievance on one side, was there not possibly a new-born delusion on the other? It would be unkind to withhold a reflection tha... ...w facts and with an anecdote. Madame Blumenthal is Prussian, and very well born. I remember her mother, an old Westphalian Grafin, with principles mar... ...g as you amuse it, well and good; she’s radiant. But the moment you let it flag, she is capable of dropping you without a pang. If you land on your fe...

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...he greeny, cream-coloured, waxy blossoms were heat-killed before they were born, and only a few bad- smelling petals came down when he stood on his hi... ...hey were born, and only a few bad- smelling petals came down when he stood on his hind legs and shook the tree. Then, inch by inch, the untempered hea... ...the hidden pools sank down and caked over, keeping the last least footmark on their edges as if it had been cast in iron; the juicy-stemmed creepers f... ...y direction. Mowgli, who had never known what real hunger meant, fell back on stale honey, three years old, scraped out of de- serted rock-hives—honey... ...bove them, too exhausted to move off. The deer and the pig had tramped all day in search of something better than dried bark and withered leaves. The ... ...ches!” “We wish so, very greatly,” bleated a young fawn, who had only been born that spring, and did not at all like it. Wretched as the Jungle People... ...ept leaves and flowers and grass and fruit and bark.” “I am glad I was not born in those days,” said Bagheera. “Bark is only good to sharpen claws.” “... ...ripe upon his yellow hide. and those stripes do this children wear to this day! When he came to the cave, Fear, the Hair- 15 Rudyard Kipling less One... ...hern Lights would roll across the hollow of the high heavens, flick like a flag, and disappear; or a meteor would crackle from darkness to darkness, t...

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...essays contained herein were prodced by students registered in English 004 on the Hazleton Campus during the Fall semester of 1998, and the essays app... ...stances through the magazine we have placed hints and friendly advice and, on occasion, some direction concerning a few usage matters. Basic skills st... ...nce. Throughout the magazine we remind students to examine their handbooks on a regular basis. Almost all questions can be answered there. Nevertheles... ...B est of F F F F F our 4 Breaking the Ice Ryan Rogers O n a sunny but cold day at the end of February I decided to try snowboarding on my first trip ... ... than other skiers because I knew how to skateboard. Before the end of the day, I was riding down the Black Diamond Slopes, the hardest on any mountai... ...tch diggers where to dig and gets to sit in the air conditioned office all day? Of course I would pick the supervisor s position over the harder, mor... ...e water due to the fact that they could not love their child, who had been born deformed. The myth associated with the drowning is as follows: On a co... ...e far-left portion of the green and is placed toward the back section. The flag on top of the pin, which stands out of the hole about seven feet, is h... ...h the ball, I notice the wind has still not picked up. After I look at the flagstick, the green, my ball, and the club I have chosen, I draw the club ...

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...of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connection that exists between all living things on Earth; the sacred balance of life. Upon the next day's passing, Seattle signs the Port Eliot treaty relinquishing ownership of Suquamish ancestral lands to the United States government in favor of a small reservation t...

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...viding public access to the world's most complete collection of electronic books on-line as well as offer a variety of services and resources that su... ...ago had been fashioned into a fishing pole. He had been sitting for most of the day on a flat boulder along the bank ofthe river. A thin rawhide str... ...had been fashioned into a fishing pole. He had been sitting for most of the day on a flat boulder along the bank ofthe river. A thin rawhide string ... ... the cun­ ning silver fish. But for most of the day the old man's thoughts were on tomorrow: a day he feared, but knew had to come. As he stared int... ...ist firmly and tell him that his bloodline had begun long before the forest was born and that the spirit of his ancestors had The Soul Bearer :I c... ...owd gathered in their respective places. Cavalry sol­ diers stood around a Union flag that waved in the morning breeze, while a Union band played soo... ...ure that went far beyond the confines of the teepee. "I saw you before you were born. I saw your face in the night visions. You are the one chosen t... ... was a hot summer evening, and the air conditioned lobby was a welcome relief. Born and raised in the cool grey ofPuget Sound with its lush green m... ...utomated video equip­ ment hidden behind one-way mirrors, and microphones camou­ flaged in stained-glass Tiffany lamps. When everyone was in their pl...

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... the version he most considered full and complete. While it was a commercial and critical failure during Whitman’s lifetime, LEAVES OF GRASS has gone on to become one of the most canonical books of poetry ever written, influencing and inspiring countless artists in the last two centuries. Written in a groundbreaking prosodic style Whitman referred to as “free verse” LEAVES...

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...d daring;                     But O heart! heart! heart!                          O the bleeding drops of red,                               Where on the deck my Captain lies,                                    Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and r...

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... To Foriegn Lands To a Historian To Thee Old Cause Eidólons For Him I Sing When I Read the Book Beginning My Studies Beginners To the States On Journeys through the States To a Certain Cantatrice Me Imperturbe Savantism The Ship Starting I Hear America Singing What Place Is Besieged Still though the One I Sing Shut Not Your Doors Poets to Come To You Th...

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...itz is right. I’m dead; only I don’t see why he left out the ‘In Memoriam’ on the ribbons!” “Nonsense!” his wife answered, and poured him his tinc- tu... ...away from everything like this. I—I suppose we’re the two loneliest people on God’s earth to-night.” Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn’t it s... ...because the next steamer headed that way, or because some one had set them on the road. The doctors had warned Sophie that Chapin was not to take inte... ...and buried her face on Scottie’s neck. At last a horse’s feet clinked upon flags, rustled in the old grey straw of the rickyard, and she found herself... ...that poor shiny stick of his between his poor, thin knees! I couldn’t have borne it if Scottie had howled. I didn’t know the vicar was so—so sensitive... ... them she was looking at her mother’s maiden name, fairly carved on a blue flagstone on the pew floor: Ellen Lashmar. ob. 1796. aetat 27. She nudged G... ...Friars Pardon stood faithful to its tradition. At the ap- pointed time was born, not that third in their party to whom Sophie meant to be so kind, but... ...y Lashmar gives in doles (that’s nicer than tips) every time a Lashmite is born. I’ve done my duty thus far, but there’s much expected of me.” Entered... ...ded for beginners. Also, by private treaty, racing B.B. Tarpon (76 winning flags) 120 knt., 60 ft.; Long-Davidson double under-rake rudder, new this s...

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...lessis- Mornay’s life; and if Berenger’s education and opinions are looked on as not sufficiently alien from Roman Catholicism, a reference to Froude’... ...ss was white and blue, turquoise forget-me-nots bound the little lace veil on her dark chestnut hair, the bosom of her white satin dress was sprinkled... ..., was gone through with real earnestness, al- though with infinite gaiety, on the part of the court. Much depended on their union, and the reconcileme... ..., where the Reformed re- ligion lies under persecution. Natheless, being a born liegeman of the King of France, and heir to estates in his 22 Yo n g ... ...ere guest, to be patronized indeed, but as much an alien as if he had been born in England. And yet there was a certain def- erence to him as head of ... ...t court.’ ‘Oh, no, I have been more unhappy here than ever I knew could be borne.’ And a very few words from him drew out all that had hap- pened to h... ...nto the lion’s mouth. Strange fellows have the impudence to sail under our flag at times.’ However, as they neared the low, flat, sandy shore, a few r... ...as reserved for the mullioned casements of the upper storey. The court was flagged, but grass shot up between the stones, and the trim air of ease and... ...thin ken, and, once in the hall, there was no being rid of him except by a flagrant act of inhospitality. This time it was worst of all, for M. le Mar...