Here is a classic poem to celebrate the birth of one of the greatest writers of Southern literature, William Faulkner.
Charles Williams was born on 20 September 1886. To celebrate the birthday of this iconic writer, here is a prominent poem by him.
The True-Born Englishman defends King William III, who was Dutch-born, against xenophobic attacks by his political enemies in England.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on 28th August, 1749. Here is a poem written by him to celebrate the greatest writer in German language.
Dramatis Personae Subtle, the Alchemist. Face, the Housekeeper. Dol Common, their Colleague. Dapper, a Lawyer's Clerk. Drugger, a Tobacco Man. Lovewit, Master of the House.
‘NOW, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root
I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly?
Two things account for our conservatism: the strength of our original emotional reaction to death and the insufficiency of our scientific knowledge about it.
The first and last lines of famous books frame the reading journey, inviting readers in and leaving lasting emotional or intellectual echoes.
The poems urge beauty to reproduce, warn against vanity, and reflect on time, aging, memory, and legacy through human generations.
Dorothy Parker was born on 22 August 1893. As a tribute to this great poet, thespace.ink features two of her poems as a birth anniversary
Two poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez, a prolific Spanish poet who achieved fame in the English speaking world after the translation of his work 'Platero
Read The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Birthmark is a short story originally published in March 1843.
Ghost story by Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin on her birth anniversary.
The arts have failed; fewer people are interested in them every generation. The mere business of living, of making money, of amusing oneself, occupies people
Mr & Mrs McIlrath travelled across the globe on bicycles in the 19th century. World Bicycle Day special feature.
