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Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker

The pure and worthy Mrs. Stowe
Is one we all are proud to know
As mother, wife, and authoress-
Thank God, I am content with less!




Quotes of the Day

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
• Honore de Balzac


Poems of the Day
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    Spring snow is falling on the Lackawanna: flakes like butterflies that fail to land. The river is a thick black tongue tonight, wet-leathery ...