Literature
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Paradox by Willa Cather
I KNEW them both upon Miranda’s isle,Which is of youth a sea-bound seigniory:Misshapen Caliban, so seeming vile,And Ariel, proud prince…
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Poppies On Ludlow Castle by Willa Cather
Willa Cather published Poppies on Ludlow Castle in her collection, April Twilights in 1903. THROUGH halls of vanished pleasure,And hold…
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Prairie Spring by Willa Cather
From Cather’s collection, April Twilights, published in 1923.Evening and the flat land,Rich and somber and always silent;The miles of fresh-plowed…
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The Hawthorn Tree by Willa Cather
ACROSS the shimmering meadows–Ah, when he came to me!In the spring-time,In the night-time,In the starlight,Beneath the hawthorn tree. Up from…
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The Tavern by Willa Cather
IN the tavern of my heartMany a one has sat before,Drunk red wine and sung a stave,And, departing, come no…
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Zut by Guy Wetmore Carryl
Zut was published in the anthology, Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales (1921), Carl Van Vechten, editor.Side by side,…
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How a Beauty Was Waked and Her Suitor Was Suited by Guy Wetmore Carryl
How a Beauty Was Waked and Her Suitor Was Suited is a parody told in rhyme, of Briar-Rose. It was…
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How Cinderella Disposed of Her Shoe by Guy Wetmore Carryl
How Cinderella Disposed of Her Shoe is a parody told in rhyme, of The Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale, Cinderella. It…
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How Little Red Riding Hood Came to Be Eaten by Guy Wetmore Carryl
How Little Red Riding Hood Came to Be Eaten is a parody told in rhyme, of Little Red Riding Hood.…
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The Ambitious Fox and the Unapproachable Grapes by Guy Wetmore Carryl
The Ambitious Fox and the Unapproachable Grapes is a parody told in rhyme, based on Aesop’s Fable, The Fox and…
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