A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day by John Dryden
From harmony, from Heav’nly harmony This universal frame began. When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise …
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The Snake Trying by W.W.E. Ross
The snake trying to escape the pursuing stick, with sudden curvings of thin long body. How beautiful and graceful are his shapes! He glides through the water away from the stroke. O …
A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal by William Wordsworth
A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force; She …
A Short Monsoon Dairy Story – Summary
A Short Monsoon Dairy is an extract of Ruskin Bond’s diary in which he portrays the silent miracles of nature and life’s little joys and regrets. Summary June 24: He says that it …
A Roadside Stand by Robert Frost
The little old house was out with a little new shed In front at the edge of the road where the traffic sped, A roadside stand that too pathetically pled, It would …
A Question of Trust Story – Summary
In the story, A Question of Trust by Victor Canning, Horace Danby collects rare books, and finances his hobby by breaking safes. This year, however, he is caught by a pretty young …