Absent From Thee By John Wilmot Absent from thee I languish still; Then ask me not when I return? The straying fool ‘twill plainly kill To wish all day, all night to mourn. Dear! from thine arms then let me…
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Carpet-weavers, Morocco
Carpet-weavers, Morocco By Carol Rumens The children are at the loom of another world. Their braids are oiled and black, their dresses bright. Their assorted heights would make a melodious chime. They watch their flickering knots like television. As the…
The River God
The River God By Stevie Smith I may be smelly, and I may be old, Rough in my pebbles, reedy in my pools, But where my fish float by I bless their swimming And I like the people to bathe…
The Retreat
The Retreat By Henry Vaughan Happy those early days! when I Shined in my angel infancy. Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet…
Thornton Niven Wilder
Early Life Thornton Niven Wilder, who is widely regarded as a significant literary figure of the 20th century, was born in Madison, California, USA on April 17, 1897. His father, Amos Parker Wilder, was a newspaper editor and diplomat, while…
Sandra Cisneros
Early Life Sandra Cisneros, a renowned American writer, came into the world on December 20, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents, Alfredo Cisneros de Moral and Elvira Cordero Anguiano, were of Mexican descent. She was their only surviving daughter. During her…
Geoffrey Chaucer
Early Life and Education Geoffrey Chaucer, a literary genius, was born in London in the year 1340, and is remembered for his legendary contributions to literature. His father was a prosperous wine merchant, while his mother, Agnes Compton, was a…
Edith Hamilton
Early Life Edith Hamilton was born on the 12th of August in 1867 in Dresden, Germany. Her parents were Montgomery Hamilton and Gertrude Pond. Her father was a businessman and her well-read mother shared various cultural and intellectual interests with…
Carson McCullers
Early Life Carson McCullers was a renowned American Novelist, playwright, and essayist. She was born on the 19th of February in 1917 in Georgia, the United States, to Lamar Smith, a jeweler by profession, and her mother, Marguerite Waters, was…
J. R. R. Tolkien
Early Life J.R.R. Tolkien, or John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, a renowned English poet, author, and academic, was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. His father, Arthur Reuel Tolkien, worked as a banker, while his mother, Mabel, dedicated…
Arthur Conan Doyle
Early Life Arthur Conan Doyle was born on the 22nd of May in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is known as one of the most renowned English authors. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle, was an artist, and his mother, Mary…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Early Life A Great Russian novelist, historian, and philosopher, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born on the 11th of December in 1819 in Kislovodsk, former Russian SFSR. His father, Isaakiy Semyonovich Solzhenitsyn, was of Russian descent, while his mother, Taisiya Zakharovna,…
Mnemonic
Definition of Mnemonic The word “mnemonic” comes from the Greek term “mnemonikos,” which relates to memory, much like its Greek root. It’s connected to Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory in Greek mythology, but both words trace their origins back to…
The Patriot
The Patriot By Robert Browning AN OLD STORY. I. It was roses, roses, all the way, With myrtle mixed in my path like mad: The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway, The church-spires flamed, such flags they had, A year…
A Blackbird Singing
A Blackbird Singing By R. S. Thomas It seems wrong that out of this bird, Black, bold, a suggestion of dark Places about it, there yet should come Such rich music, as though the notes’ Ore were changed to a…
The Next War
The Next War By Wilfred Owen War’s a joke for me and you, Wile we know such dreams are true. – Siegfried Sassoon Out there, we’ve walked quite friendly up to Death,- Sat down and eaten with him, cool and…
The Mesh
The Mesh By Kwesi Brew aka Osborne Henry We have come to the cross-roads And I must either leave or come with you. I lingered over the choice But in the darkness of my doubts You lifted the lamp of…
The Place’s Fault
The Place’s Fault By Phillip Hobsbawm Another afternoon, after a rotten day at school Hating this place, hating them, and feeling like a fool Sweat on my fingers, pages dirty with smears I stumbled up the street, still swallowing my…
The Rainy Day
The Rainy Day By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And…
The Lost Mistress
The Lost Mistress By Robert Browning All’s over, then: does truth sound bitter As one at first believes? Hark, ’tis the sparrows’ good-night twitter About your cottage eaves! And the leaf-buds on the vine are woolly, I noticed that, today;…