Whitmanโs poem featured in this post is a very short one, originally published in the Herald newspaper on 12th March 1888.
‘The First Dandelion’ by Walt Whitman
Free ebook: ‘A Morning Walk’ by Kate Chopin
Dear friends and followers of the Grammaticus blog, I am happy to share with you the second title in the series of ebooks primarily designed for English language learners. After the successful launch of Hugh Walpoleโs short story The Snow, this time you can enjoy a lovely piece of 19th century writing by the inimitable …
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‘To an Old Tree’ by Annette Wynne
Annette Wynne was an early 20th century American writer of childrenโs poems. Her debut collection โFor Days and Days: A Year-Round Treasury of Child Verseโ came out in 1919, followed by โTreasure Thingsโ in 1922.ย The short poem featured in this post is called โTo an Old Treeโ. Itโs a lovely ode to the stoic …
“February Rain” by Charles T. Dazey
Charles Turner Dazey was an American writer and playwright born in Lima, Illinois, in 1855. He wrote a number of successful plays, also leaving a mark in the early film history as a writer of numerous silent films. He died in Quincy in 1938; sadly, his works quickly became forgotten. Charles T. Dazey I chose …
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