A humorous and thought provoking take on the crazy events that occurred during the 2016 election season and right up through the inauguration, centering around that whirlwind of...

"The Giaour" is a narrative poem written by George Byron in 1813. The poem is set in the time of Muslim rule. The story is told from three different points of view. It...

Don Juan is a satiric poem by Lord Byron, based on the legend of Don Juan. The story, told in seventeen cantos, begins with the birth of Don Juan. As a young man he is precocious...

William Archer (23 September 1856 – 27 December 1924) was a Scottish critic and writer.

At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book by George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was...

The poems in this volume cover a period of three years, beginning at the New Year of 1920, except for the rhymes “Henry and Mary,” “What did I dream?” and...

Inferno, Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso....

A Selection from the Work of Contemporaneous American PoetsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...

In summer days I was inspired to create these beautiful vers that I dedicate to you.

1928. Teasdale's work has always been characterized by its simplicity and clarity, her use of classical forms, and her passionate and romantic subject matter. In 1918, she won...