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There is a beautiful spirit breathing now
Its mellow richness on the clustered trees,
And, from a beaker full of richest dyes,
Pouring new glory on the autumn woods,
And dipping in warm light the pillared clouds.
Excerpt from "Autumn" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?
—Longfellow
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"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness."
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Happy Birthday to Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), Physician, Poet, Professor & Author. mountauburn.org/notable-resi…
Photo by Arthur C. Haskell, 1937.
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And it is summer, glorious, deep-toned summer,
The very crown of nature's changing year
When all her surging life is at its full.
Excerpt from Summer by Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
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On Feb 24, celebrate the 217th anniversary of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's birth with a special marathon reading of one of his best-loved poems, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie. buff.ly/41YXgaW Followed by Cake and Wreath-laying ceremony. In partnership with @longnps
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Illustration for a book - 'The Enchanted Hill' (1924) by Dean Cornwell (American artist, lived 1892–1960). Caught in the act of #reading!
ALT A young woman seated and reading looking back at the viewer piles of books lie about the floor and on a bookshelf
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Ambrose Bierce was one of America’s leading convention-defying writers, seen by contemporaries as a natural successor to Edgar Allan Poe – but still remains relatively unknown by many. Until now.
‘The Ways of Ghosts: And Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce’ publishes this month.
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TONIGHT: How are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's PAUL REVERE'S RIDE, EVANGELINE: A TALE OF ACADIE, & THE SONG OF HIAWATHA viewed today? Panelists Lise Pelletier, Katrina Phillips & Robert Shimp discuss the history behind some of these best-known poems. SIGNUP bit.ly/3tlNoqT
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We've adapted M.R. James' "Lost Hearts" into a scary radio play! See it performed live this Sun 5/31 7pm at @slipperroom @MRJamesPodcast
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An #illustration I did based on the famous Edgar Allan Poe photo. Marker and ink on a Moleskine craft notebook. fb.me/294sSea6Q