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Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota. " Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota" is a poem by American poet James Wright. It is one of his best known poems, partially because of the tonal contrast between the content of the poem and its final line.
Night (poem) " Night " is a poem in the illuminated 1789 collection Songs of Innocence by William Blake, later incorporated into the larger compilation Songs of Innocence and of Experience. "Night" speaks about the coming of evil when darkness arrives, as angels protect and keep the sheep from the impending dangers.
A page from Night-Thoughts, illustrated by William Blake. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, better known simply as Night-Thoughts, is a long poem by Edward Young published in nine parts (or "nights") between 1742 and 1745. It was illustrated with notable engravings by William Blake .
Songs of Innocence and of Experience hand painted copy Z printed in 1826 and currently held by the Library of Congress. [ 1] Earth's Answer is a poem by William Blake within his larger collection called Songs of Innocence and of Experience (published 1794). [ 2] It is the response to the previous poem in The Songs of Experience-- Introduction ...
Sonnet 24 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and is a part of the Fair Youth sequence. In the sonnet, Shakespeare treats the commonplace Renaissance conceit connecting heart and eye. Although it relates to other sonnets that explore this theme, Sonnet 24 is considered largely imitative and ...
William James. William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. [ 1] James is considered to be a leading thinker of the late 19th century, one of the most influential philosophers of the United States, and the "Father of ...
—Margaret Mitchell Mammy: is Scarlett's nurse. A slave, she originally was owned by Scarlett's grandmother and raised her mother, Ellen O'Hara. Mammy is "head woman of the plantation". Pork: is Gerald O'Hara's valet and his first slave. He won Pork in a game of poker (as he did the plantation Tara, in a separate poker game). When Gerald died, Scarlett gave his pocket watch to Pork. She ...
Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. – William Wordsworth (1802) " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud " (also sometimes called " Daffodils " [ 2]) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. [ 3] It is one of his most popular, and was inspired by an encounter on 15 April 1802 during a walk ...