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...readers bring you 19 recordings of The Red Cross Spirit Speaks by John H. Finley. At this time of year, all around the world, we remember the fallen and those who served their countries in time of war and other calamity. This poem reminds us of the dedication of the R...

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... steamy assignation. Unbelievably, Byron's publisher almost baulked at this feast of allusive irony, blasphemy (mild), calumny, scorn, lesse-majeste, cross-dressing, bestiality, assassination, circumcision and dwarf-tossing. This was the last Canto published by the stuffy John Murray (who had, however, made a tidy fortune on the earlier parts of the Epic). Although Byron's...

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...take place, though in keeping with the epic tradition the first book does not begin at the beginning of the first day, but in medias res with the Red Cross Knight already on his adventure. Subsequently each book is meant to portray—in the embodiment of its corresponding knight—one of the moral virtues, which would have been brought together in the person of Prince Arthur w...

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...Introduction THE FAERIE QUEENE Commendatory Verses Dedicatory Sonnets Book I: The Legend of the Knight of the Red Crosse Canto I Canto II Canto III Canto IV Canto V Canto VI Canto VII Canto VIII Canto IX Canto X Canto XI Canto XII Book II: The Legend of Sir Guyon Canto I Canto II Canto III Canto IV Canto V Canto VI Ca...

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...r would exit the house and head towards the miniature plot of garden adjoining it. He would cross the patch, stepping carefully on a pebbled path in... ... empty watchtowers, the drizzle-induced swamp a collage of virile footsteps. I am afraid to cross its ambiguous solidity, the shallow-looking depths... ...leeding on the rug. Two gory rivulets, two injured wrists, delineate a perfect circle. They cross his ashen palms and waxen, twitching fingers. It m... ...re. She scuffed the floor and scrubbed the dishes. In the evenings, she settled down, legs crossed beneath her wearily, gazing at life unfolding fr... ...'ve got some guests" – he clarified, and suddenly awakening – "Have you already eaten?" We crossed a lengthy passage veined with piping, thrusting ... ...phardim in Israel, sponsored by Itzhak Navon, the former president. It set him on fire." I cross my legs and inspect closely a bloodied mole embedde... ... to happen soon." I hold his massive palm in mine and study the sooty definite creeks that cross and intersect. "You are losing your wife these ver... ...told her that I was Uzi's cousin and that I am searching for him. She gave a toothy smile, crossed the invisible barrier and held my trembling hand... ...ly. I abandoned him and his victory over me and bolted outside, into the greying drizzle. I crossed two lanes muddied by steamy kitchen waste and ab...

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...ins The hastening of Yosemite's flames. There, diurnal and punctual, she crossed That small area of grass, fountains, and cement Which were generall... ...an's possible image She digs further and... And opening Above where Two crossing jet Had each made an element Of a cross in the skies--- A third, n...

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...d journey, the idea of Isabella’s actual existence has encountered where the crossroads meet. For is she part of his past, present or one day to be? A... ...ve. Forever to be in love. In the past, the present and one day to be. Their crossroads are just three: (1) roads (2) they had crossed, (3) are crossi... ...ds are just three: (1) roads (2) they had crossed, (3) are crossing and will cross. A trinity they both share. From the beginning of time they have be...

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...up like a column, straight and high. I see it all—I know the dusky sign— A cross on Calvary, which Jews uprear While Romans watch; and when the dawn s... ...he victim, will appear— Pass sentence-yield Him up to crucify; And on that cross the spotless Christ must die. Dreams, then, are true—for thus my visi... ...ough the unfolding gloom— And still I saw that sign, which now I see, That cross on yonder brow of Calvary. What is this Hebrew Christ?-to me unknown ... ...nd, to quail, disdained. 15 Poems by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë She crossed the sea—now lone she wanders By Seine’s, or Rhine’s, or Arno’s flow... ... by night, and toil by day?” Oh, idle words and vain are these; Hear me! I cross with thee the seas. Such risk as thou must meet and dare, I—thy true ... ...nts to learn what menaced hurt Demands for thee its care. Remember, I have crossed the deep, And stood with thee on deck, to gaze On waves that rose i... ...he is now within the door, Her steps advancing glide; Her sullen shade has crossed the floor, She stands at Gilbert’s side. She lays her hand upon his... ...nne Brontë I know what war the fiend will wage Against that soldier of the Cross, Who comes to dare his demon rage, And work his kingdom shame and los... ...y dreams! Beside thee, on my knee, My dearest friend, I pray That thou, to cross the eternal sea, Wouldst yet one hour delay: I hear its billows roar—...