An Extract of Reflection

The sword and the shield of the valiant are broken;      In fragments they lie on the war-beaten field; To him who hath borne them the...

"Drunkard" by Vladimir Makovsky Whiskey Every country has a spirituous liquor peculiar to itself. In England gin is the spi...

The superstitious belief which still prevails to a great extent in Ireland, with regard to fairy children, or changelings as they are cal...

The following legend was communicated by a farmer, far advanced in years, who resides at the foot of Lurgeadon -- or Lurig, as it is usual...

Sometimes when the bands are playing And the uniforms march by You will find a seaman watching With a wistful-looking eye And you kn...

For Pauline... E'en as the ray that decks the lucid tear, Which, in the summer's morn, bedews each tree; My little girl -- ...

It was the night of the festival of All Hallows, when every peasant implicitly believes that the fairies and other supernatural beings hav...