High Honorable Mention: "To Earthward" and "Putting in the Seed" by Robert Frost, "Arrival" by William Carlos Williams, William Shakespeare's bisexual love sonnets to a Dark Lady and a Fair Young Lord, "What Do Women Want" by Kim Addonizio, "O Hymen!" and "I Dare Not Withdraw" by...
” said the old dowager, her grandmother; “so you must let me adorn you like your other sisters;” and she placed a wreath of white lilies in her hair, and every flower leaf was half a pearl. Then the old lady ordered eight great oysters to attach themselves to the tail of the pri...
The protagonist, a strong-willed lady at Versailles, rejects the King's advances and refuses to become his mistress. A later book, the 1961 Angélique se révolte ("Angélique in Revolt"), details the dire consequences of her defying this powerful monarch. A character based on Louis plays an...
” said the old dowager, her grandmother; “so you must let me adorn you like your other sisters;” and she placed a wreath of white lilies in her hair, and every flower leaf was half a pearl. Then the old lady ordered eight great oysters to attach themselves to the tail of the pri...
Now they were on the stairway. A little lamp was burning on a cupboard, and there stood the tame crow, cocking her head to look at Gerda, who made the curtsy that her grandmother had taught her. "My fiancé has told me many charming things about you, dear young lady," she said. ...
But one piece has worked its way into our vocabulary: “The Death of Lady Mondegreen.” In it, Wright recalls learning a Scottish ballad, “The Bonnie Earl O’ Moray,” as a child. In particular, she memorized the lines, “They have slain the Earl o’ Moray/And Lady Mondegreen.” ...
“Perhaps the rumour about the Lady Achautli is true?” he suggested. He made the face of a man who has tasted something sour. “It would explain your insane loyalty.” “You dare speak of my mother!” “Not I Guatemoc, not I, but every gossip on every street corner, every ...
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come To the holy city of Byzantium. Ⅲ O sages standing in God's holy fire As in the gold mosaic9of a wall, Come from the holy fire,perne in a gyre10, And be the singing-masters of my soul. ...
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Selfless, dutiful, and just a touch naive, she takes to both her place as a parlor maid and to her new roommate, the bookish and progressive lady’s maid, Esther. In another time, the two women would have kept one another’s company forever in their little attic bedroom, living out ...