Sense and Sensibility
Austen Jane
Austen, Jane (1775-1817) - English novelist often referred to as the
greatest woman writer. She is known for her brilliant satire and her common
sense approach toward melodramatic situations and ordinary human behavior.
Sense and Sensibility (1811) - One of Austen's most famous works -- the
story of two sisters, representing sense and sensibility, who are deserted
by the young men they expect to marry.
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Essays
Bacon Francis
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) - English philosopher and essayist who served
as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor under King James I.
Essays (1601) - Considered some of the best works in English literature,
Bacon's essays are concise original expressions of wisdom that deal with
philosophical and religious matters.
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The Law
Bastiat Frederic
Bastiat, Frederic (1801-1850) - French economist, statesman, author, and
philosopher who was an advocate of free trade and an opponent of socialism.
The Law (1850) - A systematic refutation of communism and socialism.
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That Which is Seen and That Which is Not Seen
Bastiat Frederic
Bastiat, Frederic (1801-1850) - French economist, statesman, author, and
philosopher who was an advocate of free trade and an opponent of socialism.
That Which is Seen and That Which is Not Seen (1850) - An essay describing
the fallacies of government intervention.
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The Marvelous Land of Oz
Baum L Frank
Baum, L. Frank (1856-1919)- An American journalist, playwright, and
author of children's books.
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
The first of 13 sequels to L. Frank Baum's children's classic, The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, being an account of the further adventures
of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and also the strange experiences
of the highly magnified Woogle-Bug, Jack Pumpkin-head, the Animated
Saw-Horse and the Gump.
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Wizard of Oz
Baum L Frank
Baum, L. Frank (1856-1919) - An American journalist, playwright, and
author of children's books.
The Wizard of Oz (1900) - Baum's most famous work is the story of Dorothy,
a young girl from Kansas, who is carried off by a tornado to the wonderful
and enchanting land of Oz.
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Principles of Human Knowledge
Berkeley George
Berkeley, George (1685-1753) - Irish-born English bishop and philosopher,
and one of the earliest proponents of the philosophical school of idealism.
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) - Sets
forth Berkeley's ideal principles where nothing can exist unless it is
perceived; material objects are ideas with no independent existence.
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Auguries of Innocence
Blake William
Blake, William (1757-1827) - English poet, engraver, and mystic who
illustrated his own works. A rare genius, he created some of the purest
lyrics in the English language. Blake believed himself to be guided by
visions from the spiritual world; he died singing of the glories of heaven.
Auguries of Innocence (1803) - Opening lines: To see a World in a Grain
of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower...
$ E6 RS Y1803 C19 EU EN PO LI
Divine Image
Blake William
Blake, William (1757-1827) - English poet, engraver, and mystic who
illustrated his own works. A rare genius, he created some of the purest
lyrics in the English language. Blake believed himself to be guided by
visions from the spiritual world; he died singing of the glories of heaven.
The Divine Image (1789) - Opening lines: To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love /
All pray in their distress;...
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Holy Thursday
Blake William
Blake, William (1757-1827) - English poet, engraver, and mystic who
illustrated his own works. A rare genius, he created some of the purest
lyrics in the English language. Blake believed himself to be guided by
visions from the spiritual world; he died singing of the glories of heaven.
Holy Thursday (1794) - Opening lines: Is this a holy thing to see / In a
rich and fruitful land, ...
$ E6 RS Y1794 C18 EU EN PO LI
Poison Tree
Blake William
Blake, William (1757-1827) - English poet, engraver, and mystic who
illustrated his own works. A rare genius, he created some of the purest
lyrics in the English language. Blake believed himself to be guided by
visions from the spiritual world; he died singing of the glories of heaven.
A Poison Tree (1794) - Opening lines: I was angry with my friend: \ I told
my wrath, my wrath did end. ...
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Decameron
Boccaccio Giovanni
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375) - Italian writer and poet known as the
Father of Italian prose. He is regarded as one of the authors to have
led the Italian Renaissance.
Decameron (1350) - Boccaccio's most celebrated work. The Decameron is a
collection of stories told by seven ladies and three gallants as they
spend ten days in a Florentine church trying to avoid the plague.
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Jane Eyre
Bronte Charlotte
Bronte, Charlotte (1816-1855) - English novelist and sister of Emily Bronte.
Jane Eyre (1847) - The story of an orphan who later becomes a governess
and finds a lover. This was Bronte's most successful novel, and it remains
her most famous work. Much of Jane Eyre is said to be based on Charlotte's
own unhappy childhood.
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Wuthering Heights
Bronte Emily
Bronte, Emily (1818-1848) - An English author and sister of Charlotte.
Based on the strength of her one novel, Emily is generally considered the
most talented of the two.
Wuthering Heights (1847) - Her only novel tells the story of Heathcliff's
adoption by the Earnshaw family. Bronte's affinity for mysticism is
demonstrated throughout this classic work.
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Home-Thoughts From Abroad
Browning Robert
Browning, Robert (1812-1899) - British Victorian Poet, noted for his
dramatic monologues, his rejection of overly-florid language, and his
mastery of psychological characterization. In 1846 he married Elizabeth
Barrett and shared with her one of the world's most celebrated romances.
Home-Thoughts, From Abroad (1845) - Opening lines: Oh, to be in England /
Now that April's there, ...
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African Chief
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The African Chief (1825) - Opening lines: Chained in the market-place he
stood, / A man of giant frame,...
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After a Tempest
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
After a Tempest (1824) - Opening lines: The day had been a day of wind and
storm, / The wind was laid, the storm was overpast,...
$ E6 RS Y1824 C19 NA UA PO LI
Aged Pastor
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Aged Pastor (1864) - A hymn. Opening lines: Thy love, O God! from year
to year, / Has watched thy faithful pastor here,...
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Among the Trees
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
Among the Trees (1868) - The aging Bryant questions nature in an unanswered
monologue. Opening lines: Oh ye who love to overhang the springs, / And
stand by running waters, ye whose boughs...
$ E6 RS Y1868 C19 NA UA PO LI
Arctic Lover
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Arctic Lover (1832) - Opening lines: Gone is the long, long winter
night; / Look, my beloved one!...
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Ages
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Ages (1821) - States Bryant's optimistic views on progress. Opening
lines: When to the common rest that crowns our days, / Called in the noon
of life, the good man goes,...
$ E6 RS Y1821 C19 NA UA PO LI
Autumn Woods
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
Autumn Woods (1824) - Opening lines: Ere, in the northern gale, / The
summer tresses of the trees are gone,...
$ E6 RS Y1824 C19 NA UA PO LI
Battle-Field
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Battle-Field (1837) - Opening lines: Once this soft turf, this
rivulet's sands, / Were trampled by a hurrying crowd,...
$ E6 RS Y1837 C19 NA UA PO LI
Bee in the Tar-Barrel
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Bee in the Tar-Barrel (1831) - Opening lines: I heard a bee, on a
summer day, / Brisk and busy, and ripe for quarrel-...
$ E6 RS Y1831 C19 NA UA PO LI
Blessed Are They That Mourn
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
"Blessed Are They That Mourn" (1832) - Opening lines: Oh, deem not they
are blest alone / Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep;...
$ E6 RS Y1832 C19 NA UA PO LI
Burial-Place
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Burial-Place (1818) - Subtitled "A Fragment." Opening lines: Erewhile,
on England's pleasant shores, our sires / Left not their churchyards
unadorned with shades...
$ E6 RS Y1818 C19 NA UA PO LI
Broken and a Contrite Heart
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
"A Broken and a Contrite Heart" (1864) - A hymn. Opening lines: O God,
whose dread and dazzling brow / Love never yet forsook!...
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Burial of Love
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Burial of Love (1864) - Opening lines: Two dark-eyed maids, at shut
of day, / Sat where a river rolled away,...
$ E6 RS Y1864 C19 NA UA PO LI
Captive Loosed
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Captive Loosed (1864) - A hymn. Opening lines: When, doomed to death,
the Apostle lay, / At night, in Herod's dungeon-cell,...
$ E6 RS Y1864 C19 NA UA PO LI
Child's Funeral
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Child's Funeral (1835) - Opening lines: Fair is thy sight, Sorrento,
green thy shore, / Black crags behind thee pierce the clear blue skies;...
$ E6 RS Y1835 C19 NA UA PO LI
Catterskill Falls
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
Catterskill Falls (1836) - Opening lines: Midst greens and shades the
Catterskill leaps, / From cliffs where the wood-flower clings;...
$ E6 RS Y1836 C19 NA UA PO LI
Centennial Hymn
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Centennial Hymn (1864) - Opening lines: Through calm and storm the
years have led / Our nation on, from stage to stage-...
$ E6 RS Y1864 C19 NA UA PO LI
Cloud on the Way
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Cloud on the Way (1864) - Opening lines: See, before us, in our
journey, broods a mist upon the ground; / Thither leads the path we walk
in, blending with that gloomy bound....
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Constellations
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Constellations (1864) - Opening lines: O Constellations of the early
night, / That sparkled brighter as the twilight died,...
$ E6 RS Y1864 C19 NA UA PO LI
Consumption
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
Consumption (1824) - Opening lines: Ay, thou art for the grave; thy glances
shine / Too brightly to shine long; another Spring...
$ E6 RS Y1824 C19 NA UA PO LI
Conqueror's Grave
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Conqueror's Grave (1864) - Opening lines: Within this lowly grave a
Conqueror lies, / And yet the monument proclaims it not,...
$ E6 RS Y1864 C19 NA UA PO LI
Christmas in 1875
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
Christmas in 1875 (1875) - Opening lines: No trumpet-blast profaned / The
hour in which the Prince of Peace was born;...
$ E6 RS Y1875 C19 NA UA PO LI
Crowded Street
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Crowded Street (1864) - Bryant examines urban life. Opening lines: Let
me move slowly through the street, / Filled with an ever-shifting train,...
$ E6 RS Y1864 C19 NA UA PO LI
Day-Dream
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
A Day-Dream (1858) - Opening lines: A day-dream by the dark-blue deep; /
Was it a dream, or something more?...
$ E6 RS Y1858 C19 NA UA PO LI
Death of Lincoln
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Death of Lincoln (1865) - Bryant's tribute to Abraham Lincoln. Opening
lines: Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, / Gentle and merciful and
just!...
$ E6 RS Y1865 C19 NA UA PO LI
Dante
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
Dante (1864) - A tribute to Dante Alighieri. Opening lines: Who, mid the
grasses of the field / That spring beneath our careless feet,...
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Dream
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
A Dream (1864) - Opening lines: I had a dream- a strange, wild dream- /
Said a dear voice at early light;...
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Death of Slavery
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Death of Slavery (1865) - Opening lines: O thou great wrong, that,
through the slow-paced years, Didst hold thy millions fettered, and didst
wield...
$ E6 RS Y1865 C19 NA UA PO LI
Disinterred Warrior
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Disinterred Warrior (1832) - Opening lines: Gather him to his grave
again, / And solemnly and softly lay,...
$ E6 RS Y1832 C19 NA UA PO LI
Earth
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
Earth (1834) - Opening lines: A midnight black with clouds is in the
sky; / I seem to feel, upon my limbs, the weight...
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Earth's Children Cleave to Earth
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
"Earth's Children Cleave to Earth" (1864) - Opening lines: Earth's children
cleave to Earth- her frail / Decaying children dread decay....
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Embargo
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Embargo (1808) - Bryant wrote this satirical poem on the Jeffersonian
party when he was thirteen. Opening lines: Look where we will and in
whatever land, / Europes rich soil, or Afric's barren sand,...
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Earth Is Full of Thy Riches
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
"The Earth Is Full of Thy Riches" (1820) - A hymn. Opening lines:
Almighty! hear thy children raise / The voice of thankfulness and
praise,...
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Evening Revery
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
An Evening Revery (1842) - Opening lines: The summer day is closed- the sun
is set: / Well they have done their office, those bright hours,...
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Evening Wind
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Evening Wind (1829) - Opening lines: Spirit that breathest through my
lattice, thou / That cool'st the twilight of the sultry day,...
$ E6 RS Y1829 C19 NA UA PO LI
Except the Lord Build the House
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
"Except the Lord Build the House" (1864) - A hymn. Opening lines: Ancient
of Days! except thou deign / Upon the finished task to smile,...
$ E6 RS Y1864 C19 NA UA PO LI
Farewell
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Farewell (1809) - Opening lines: "O thou, whose cherished image seems /
A portion of my heart,...
$ E6 RS Y1809 C19 NA UA PO LI
Firmament
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Firmament (1832) - Opening lines: Ay! gloriously thou standest there, /
Beautiful, boundless firmament!...
$ E6 RS Y1832 C19 NA UA PO LI
Freeman's Hymn
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Freeman's Hymn (1864) - Opening lines: In eastern lands a servile
race / May bow to thrones and diadems;...
$ E6 RS Y1864 C19 NA UA PO LI
For the Fourth of July
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
For the Fourth of July (1812) - Opening lines: Should justice call to
battle, / The applauding shout we'd raise;...
$ E6 RS Y1812 C19 NA UA PO LI
Greek Boy
Bryant William Cullen
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) - American poet and editor of the New
York Evening Post who practiced law before devoting his life to writing. A
master of blank verse, Bryant's earliest works are considered his best.
The Greek Boy (1826) - Written about Evangelides, a public figure in New
York at the time. Opening lines: Gone are the glorious Greeks of old, /
Glorious in mien and mind;...
$ E6 RS Y1826 C19 NA UA PO LI
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