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Excerpt from Odes and LyricsWith the exception of the Ode to the Commonwealth, which was first published in the Melbourne Daily Press, and afterwards appeared in a volume entitled, Patriotic Song, a book Of English Verse, edited by arthur stanley, and published by C. Arthur pearson, October, Igor, the Poems in this Volume have not previously appeared in book form.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cl...

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Excerpt from Sonnets and Rondels Circle the forehead of the dying year. Yea, lock God's sunshine deep within the nest Of thy brave heart's inviolate treasury, There, guarded safe from time's despoiling quest, Its ¿ame will light thy soul and thou shalt see Life but a noisy foam upon the crest Of the rolling waters of Eternity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.for...

Excerpt from Embers Ike cryptic figures on a shattered frieze, Slowly my thoughts in broken sequence pass, The pathos of rejected deities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original form...

O'Hara is the only American writer to whom America presents itself as a social scene in the way it once presented itself to Henry James, or France to Proust' The New York TimesWhen the beautiful, imperious and moneyed Grace Caldwell Tate wants something she goes after it, men included.

DOCTOROWJohn O'Hara is widely credited with inventing the New Yorker short story, and remains the most-published short story writer in the history of the magazine. Selected from his vast collection of short fiction written over forty years, these refreshingly frank, sparely written stories show him at his best.

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Excerpt from The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition Into English Who shall strike the wax of mystery from those priceless amphora, and give to the unsophisticated nostrils of the aver age reader the ravishing bouquet of wine pressed in a garden in Mitylene, twenty five centuries ago? - Maurice Thompson. Then to me so lying awake a vision Came without sleep over the seas and touched me, Softly touched mine eyelids and lips, and I, ...

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Excerpt from A History of the United States This volume aims to present the story of American history in a form which will engage the interest of pupils in the upper grades of the elementary schools. It will be found that a considerable amount of material of traditional interest, but of small intrinsic importance, has been omitted in order that a fuller emphasis might be placed on events and movements of greater significance. Following the be...

Excerpt from Pagan Sonnets Raw nearer still and wrap me in thy ¿ame! Etherealize my body, lift my soul On some Wild Wind to Song's supernal goal, O rapture of the Spirit poets claim! Lighten the feet of fancy that are lame° Unbind the mortal gyves, for I would snatch Talaria no ankle-winged could match, Filch from the gods their fire and bear the blame. And I With pinions emulous of thine, Eagle of Jove, that circles the divine, Would rise to...

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Excerpt from Threnodies The Street Of Dreams Along the street of dreams, Deserted now and ever overcast, With no familiar gleams Of golden lamps that lit it in the past, I glance with tears and linger to the last. Along the street of dreams, I listen for a footstep in the night, Afar, at first, it seems, Elusive as an echo in its flight, Then near, and nearer, at the threshold quite. Along the street of dreams, O sadness of the unr...

One of Time's All-Time 100 Best NovelsThe writer whom Fran Lebowitz called "the real F. Scott Fitzgerald" makes his Penguin Classics debut with this beautiful deluxe edition of his best-loved book. One of the great novels of small-town American life, Appointment in Samarra is John O'Hara's crowning achievement. In December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the c...

With great candor and a mixture of pride and regret, O'Hara reflects on just how this young girl from Ireland made it in Hollywood. She also writes about many of the other actors and actresses with whom she worked, such as Lucille Ball, Errol Flynn, John Candy, and Natalie Wood.