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This Romantic period poem by Francisco Balgatas, was written while he was imprisoned—an incarceration due to the influence of his muse's admirer, Mariano Capule. In it, the speaker laments the destruction of his once beautiful country by its current rulers, and questions God as to why he has not delivered them from this evil.
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Florante's Lament
by Francisco Balagtas
translated by George St. Clair
published in Florante and Laura
by Manila : The Times Press, 1920
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In this excerpt from a letter written by John Adams to John Taylor, April 19, 1814, Adams excoriates the notion that all people are born with the same strengths, faculties, influence and are due the same advantages—as observation shows us otherwise—but underscores that we are all born with equal rights and should be treated as such.
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Letter to John Taylor
by John Adams
written April 19, 1814
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Probably the most famous Victorian poem by Ethyl Lynn Beers, The Picket Guard was originally published in Harper's Weekly in 1861. In 1863, the poem was turned into a song by John Hill Hewitt. This may have inspired the title of the English translation of "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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The Picket Guard
by Ethyl Lynn Beers
published in All Quiet Along The Potomac, and other poems, page 13
by Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1879
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In this fable by Aesop, a mouse bargains with a lion that, if set free, he promises to repay the favor in the future.
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The Mouse And The Lion
by Aesop
translated byS. Vernon Jones
published in Aesop's Fables, page 16
by London: William-Heinemann, 1912
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This risqué poem of the Enlightenment period by Aphra Behn is a tale of a sexually explicit encounter in a grove told from the woman's point of view. While tame by today's standards, this was certainly taboo for the 1680s.
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The Willing Mistriss
by Aphra Behn
published in The Works of Aphra Behn, page 163
by London: William Heinemann, 1915
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In this letter penned by Bram stoker on Valentine's Day in 1876, he wishes Walt Whitman well and shares his hopes of meeting him one day.
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Letter to Walt Whitman
by Bram Stoker
written February 14, 1876
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A Victorian poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, about the fleeting search for paradise and his personal view of his own.
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The Place Where the Rainbow Ends
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
published in The Complete Poems Of Paul Laurence Dunbar
by Dodd, Mead and company, 1913
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Thomas Chatterton wrote this satirical, religious poem in 1764. What's most impressive about this work is that Chatterton penned it when he was only eleven years old.
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Apostate Will
by Thomas Chatterton
published in The Works Of Thomas Chatterton Vol. I
by London: Biggs & Cottle | T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803
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Published in Locomotive Fireman's Magazine in 1890, five-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America, Eugene Debs, promotes the Knights of Labor organization, and encourages "common laborers" to join with promises of a better future.
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The Common Laborer
by Eugene Debs
published in Locomotive Firemen’s Magazine, V. 14, No. 4, page 293
by Terra Haute, Indiana: 1890
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Though addressed and signed by Albert Einstein, the Einstein-Szilard Letter was largely (if not completely) written by Leo Szilard. In this letter, they inform President Roosevelt about the possibility of creating nuclear chain reactions with uranium, what the military applications might be, and attempt to persuade him to create a link between them and the necessary government agencies to quickly further this research and obtain the raw materials required.
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Einstein-Szilard Letter
by Leo Szilard
written August 2, 1939
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In this Romantic period poem by Lord Byron, a preacher is reflecting on what he sees as the mistakes of his life.
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All is Vanity Saith the Preacher
by Lord Byron
translated byDelivered at the Constitutional Convention, 1787
published in The World's Best Orations Volume 6, page 169
by Albany NY: J. B. Lyon Company, Printer, 1913
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In this speech, Benjamin Franklin eloquently lays out why he and the rest of his colleagues should support the finalizing of the Constitution, even if they do not agree with it fully. He explains that his experiences have shown him that a person often changes their opinion in life, and they should not let their egos get in the way of doing something that is necessary and act on their great accomplishment instead of waiting in vain to achieve perfection.
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Disapproving and Accepting the Constitution
by Benjamin Franklin
translated byDelivered at the Constitutional Convention, 1787
published in The World's Best Orations Volume 6, page 169
by Albany NY: J. B. Lyon Company, Printer, 1913
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In this Renaissance poem, John Donne cleverly uses the drinking of blood by a flea as a means of persuading a woman, perhaps a virgin, into his bed. I guess even hundreds of years ago, some guys will try anything to get laid.
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The Flea
by John Donne
published in The Poems of John Donne, page 40-41
by London : Oxford University Press, 1912
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In this Victorian Poem, Longfellow shows the lighter side of the angel of death—perhaps implying that even that which we perceive to be pure evil, or a thing of darkness, also has another side that is positive and a thing of beauty.
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The Reaper and the Flowers
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
published in Voices of the Night, page 8-10
by Cambridge: John Owen, 1839
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In this Mortimer Collins poem, we are taken on a journey through scenes from a man's life with his cherished coat. Like the man, it was once pristine and full of life, and though now old and worn, it is a thing that brings one comfort and many fond memories.
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My Old Coat
by Mortimer Collins
published in The Inn of Strange Meetings, and Other Poems, page 83
by London: Henry S. King & Co., 1871
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This article was written in Paris for the Toronto Star by Ernest Hemingway in 1902. In it he describes the influx of the Russian ex-aristocracy, how they survive in this foreign country, and ponders what will happen once they run out of money.
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Paris is Full of Russians
by Ernest Hemingway
published in Toronto Star February 25, 1922
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This poem by Thomas Hardy explores what might go through a soldier's mind when facing an enemy—and how if not for the situation they find themselves in, perhaps could have crossed paths in an old pub and shared a pint instead of a bullet.
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The Man He Killed
by Thomas Hardy
published in The Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy, Volume I, Page 263
by London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, St. Martin’s Street, 1923
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This masterpiece of playwriting has withstood the test of time since it was written in ~1599, and starts with possibly the best known phrase in the English language: "All the world's a stage...." The character, Jacques, from William Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It," breaks down the seven ages of a person's life.
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Jacques' Monologue
by William Shakespeare
published in The Wild Knight, page 16
by London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1914
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In the poem, The Donkey, G. K. Chesterton humorously describes a donkey coming into being, its existence, and its moment of secret glory—to the likely disdain of its enemies. A short, simple story, perhaps, but nonetheless great in its craft. The donkey is believed to be the one represented in the stories of Jesus.
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The Donkey
by G. K. Chesterton
published in The Wild Knight, page 16
by London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1914
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This 1928 letter to the editor of Weird Tales is an interesting insight into the mind of the godfather of modern horror, H. P. Lovecraft. In it, he explains (in so many words) that the biggest problem he sees with science fiction writers is their tendency to anthropomorphize alien beings and worlds while using cheap language.
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Letter to the Editor
by H. P. Lovecraft
published in Weird Tales: vol. 11, no. 2, page 282
by Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1928
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In this poem by Henry Hazzen, he reflects upon his will to remain an individual while surrounded by the temptations and restraints present in society. I suppose one could describe it as a Victorian poem about "keeping it real" and not being a sellout.
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Individuality
by Henry Wilmarth Hazzen
published in Fourteen Sonnets and Poems, page 39
by Chicago: published privately, 1900
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Emilio Aguinaldo's Manifesto was delivered on January 5th, 1899 in the Philippines. In it he condemns the United States for proclaiming General Elwell Stephen Otis as the military governor, and what he views as the general American interference in his country, after their prior pledge not to do so.
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Manifesto of January 5, 1899
by Emilio Aguinaldo
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Remembrance is one of Emily Brontë's most famous works—a poem in which the speaker is remembering their dead spouse, painfully holding onto their memory many years after they had died.
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Remembrance
by Emily Brontë
published in Poems, by Currer, Ellis, and Acton, page 31-32
by London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1846
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This unpublished fable by Robert Louis Stevenson, written circa 1870s, takes us into the world of a race of creatures which inhabit the caraffe on a clockmaker's table.
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The Clockmaker
by Robert Louis Stevenson
unpublished
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This World War I poem by British soldier and poet, Wilfred Owen, speaks to the first-hand horrors of war. As with most of his Poems, he peels back the veneer of glory to expose the ugliness a soldier experiences in the trenches.
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Dulce Et Decorum Est
by Wilfred Owen
published posthumously in Poems by Wilfred Owen, page 15
by London: Chatto & Windus, 1920; New York: Viking Press, 1921
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