Poetry“Can rules or tutors educate The semigod whom we await?” Can rules or tutors educate The semigod whom we await? He must be musical, Tremulous,… By Ralph Waldo Emerson
PoetryGreatness Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor… By Alexander Pope
PoetryA Brown Girl Dead With two white roses on her breasts, White candles at head and feet, Dark Madonna… By Countee Cullen
PoetryThe Future Life How shall I know thee in the sphere which keeps The disembodied spirits of the… By William Cullen Bryant
Poetry“if i should sleep with a lady called death” if i should sleep with a lady called death get another man with firmer lips… By E. E. Cummings
PoetryBe Not Curious About God And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God,For I who am curious… By Walt Whitman
PoetryA Sea Dirge Full fathom five thy father lies: Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls… By William Shakespeare
PoetryLiving Waters There are some hearts like wells, green-mossed and deep As ever Summer saw; And cool… By Caroline S. Spencer
PoetrySelection from “The Last Walk in Autumn” XX. Better to stem with heart and hand The roaring tide of life, than lie,… By John Greenleaf Whittier