They hanged John Farrel in the dawn amid the marketplace; At dusk came Adam Brand to him and spat upon his face. “Ho neighbors all,” spake Adam Brand, “see ye John Farrel’s fate! “Tis proven here a hempen noose is… Read More ›
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“The Return” by Minna Irving
I pushed the tangled grass away And lifted up the stone, And flitted down the churchyard path With grasses overgrown. I halted at my mother’s door And shook the rusty catch — “The wind is rising fast,” she… Read More ›
“A Lecture upon the Shadow” by John Donne
A Lecture Upon the Shadow Stand still, and I will read to thee A lecture, love, in love’s philosophy. These three hours that we have spent, Walking here, two shadows went Along with us, which we ourselves produc’d. But, now… Read More ›
