A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
Picture-Books in Winter
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The world stays lush in books.
The world stays lush in books.
The following is an account written by Emily Holder describing her memories of Fort Jefferson. They tell the poignant and often fascinating story of the hardships, isolation and drama of daily life at the Dry Tortugas in the nineteenth century.
Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press
The Pequod encounters another whaling ship.
Ann and the unlikely army prepare and march to the Emerald City.
Back to the breast of thy mother,
"You remember the angel who looks like this, √-1..."
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
O me! what eyes hath love put in my head
Jerry and Paddy become friends. He makes up his mind to tell Paddy why he puts a hole in the dam.
"The moon has left the sky, love,"
Hans Pfaal goes to great lengths to escape his creditors.
Abbe teaches Dantes all he knows, and the two form a plot for escape.
Ishmael retells some of the legends of Nantucket.
An idle villager experiences some strange events while taking a walk in the mountains.
"The trees bend down along the stream,"
The author writes to Mr. Channing that the end of the world is near, but urges him to continue writing.
The author explains a letter written to him by Dorothy telling him that there will be no more communication with Oz. The author bids farewell and good luck to Dorothy and her friends.
Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest
A fairy tale about a music contest between the god Pan and Apollo.
As Phlieas Fogg departs by train amidst rumors and speculation regarding the nature of his journey. Phileas suddenly finds himself a suspect in a robbery.
The author discusses the stature and symbolism of soon to be constructed Statue of Liberty in New York City.
Thoreau attempts to illustrate the benefits of a simplified lifestyle.
Sinbad the Sailor spends an evening with Franz on the Island of Monte Cristo.
Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul