Literature
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich – The Cruise of the Dolphin
(1 An episode from The Story of a Bad Boy, the narrator being Tom Bailey, the hero of the tale.)…
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich – After the Rain
THE rain has ceased, and in my roomThe sunshine pours an airy flood;And on the church’s dizzy vaneThe ancient cross…
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich – A Touch of Nature
When first the crocus thrusts its point of goldUp through the still snow-drifted garden mould,And folded green things in dim…
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich – Destiny
Three roses, wan as moonlight, and weighed downEach with its loveliness as with a crown,Drooped in a florist’s window in…
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich – Echo-Song
I. WHO can say where Echo dwells?In some mountain-cave methinks,Where the white owl sits and blinks;Or in deep sequestered dells,Where…
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich – Identity
SOMEWHERE–in desolate wind-swept space–In Twilight-land–in No-man’s land–Two hurrying Shapes met face to face,And bade each other stand. “And who are…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True
“I’m so tired of Christmas I wish there never would be another one!” exclaimed a discontented-looking little girl, as she…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Country Christmas
“A handful of good life is worth a bushel of learning.” Dear Emily, –I have a brilliant idea, and at…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Happy Birthday
A certain fine old lady was seventy-three on the 8th of October. The day was always celebrated with splendor by…
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Louisa May Alcott – A Hole in the Wall
PART I. If any one had asked Johnny Morris who were his best friends, he would have answered,– “The sun…
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