Moby Dick
Chapter 47: The Mat-Maker
by Herman Melville
The narrator describes downtime on the ship. The lull in the action does not last for long.
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Lyrics of the Hearthside
Sympathy
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"October"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"October is the treasurer of the year,"
Poems of Emily Brontë
Loud Without the Wind Was Roaring
by Emily Brontë
The speaker talks of her homesickness.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"After While" (A Poem of Faith)
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"I think that though the clouds be dark,"
Selected American and British Poems
“The Brown Thrush”
by Lucy Larcom
A rhyme that serves to tell children to behave through the song of a bird.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
The Slave Singing at Midnight
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The author describes coming upon a slave singing in a prison cell, when a tragedy occurred
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
To Dan
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Step me now a bridal measure,"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
The Good Part That Shall Not Be Taken Away
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A poem of liberation
Poems of Emily Brontë
The Wanderer from the Fold
by Emily Brontë
The speaker talks of her grief.
Lyrics of the Hearthside
The Crisis
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
A man of low degree was sore oppressed,
Selected American and British Poems
Stanzas for the Times
by John Greenleaf Whittier
Poem referring to a pro-slavery meeting in Faneuil Hall in August of 1835.
Selected American and British Poems
Lift Every Voice and Sing
by James Weldon Johnson
A poem describing the perils our fathers went through to keep their homeland free.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
The Slave in the Dismal Swamp
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The author gives an account of a runaway slave who escapes his master’s beatings.
Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“From the Old Dyke”
by George E. Merrick
The author admires the ocean from Florida's Coast.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Seven Ravens
by Grimm Brothers
A sister searches for her seven lost brothers.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
Endymion
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A poem about love using images of acient mythological figures
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Act 3, Scene 3
by William Shakespeare
Cinna the poet is the victim of mistaken identity.
Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“My Sweetheart Bird”
by George E. Merrick
The Florida Landscape changes as sunrise moves to sunset.
Philosophy and Fun of Algebra
Chapter 6: "The First Hebrew Algebra"
by Mary Everest Boole
A brief history of Hebrew algebra.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Act 5, Scene 5
by William Shakespeare
Brutus orders his men to retreat before asking a final favor of one of his soldiers. Upon discovering Brutus, Antony speaks of Brutus' virtues and makes a decision in regards to the fate of his men.
Lyrics of the Hearthside
The Voice of the Banjo
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic’s way,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Book Tenth, Chapter 6
by Victor Hugo
Having been set free, Gringoire goes to meet Claude Frollo.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Selected Works
To the River Charles
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow uses the river as a metaphor for life and friendship.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 25: Death is Freedom
by William Wells Brown
Clotel escapes from the slave prison.