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RUNE XIII. Lemminkainen's Second Wooing
In The Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)
This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seab…
The Byzantine Omelette
In Beasts and Super-Beasts
Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories by Saki, a master of wit and irony. Set against the backdrop of Edwardian England, …
Omnia Vanitas
In Stories without Tears
This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fic…
Jogadhya Uma
In Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in F…
Omnia Mutantur by Erasmus Henry Brodie
In Sonnets of This Century
This comprehensive anthology of English sonnets of the Nineteenth Century, edited and arranged by William Sharp, was published in 1887. It…
Exeunt Omnes
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
Part 1 Ch. 10: The Departure From Lemnos
In The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Gol…
The Omen
In Selected Poems of Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson, an English poet and author, is best known for his poem "Hound of Heaven," included in this selection of his poe…
Vincit Omnia Jus
In Muse and Mint
Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…
Ultima Veritas by Washington Gladden
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1)
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…