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The Lumbar Room Hector Hugh Munro - Saki

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    Hector Hugh Munro -Saki Saki is the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro a British writer well know for his short stories. Saki was born in Burma, he tried to follow his father’s footsteps as a member of the Indian imperial police in Burma.                                                                                                                                                            Saki then moved to London to become a writer. He published short stories and political sketches in Britain’s newspaper and maga...

A Bird came down the walk

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A Bird came down the Walk   -  Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, a great American poet. She was born in “Amherst Massachusetts”. After her studies, she attended the Mount Holyoke Female seminary. Dickinson lived much of her life in isolated. She never married, Married and most friendship between her and others depend entirely upon correspondence out of 1800 poems only 10 of her poems were unique to her era. They contain short lines, typically lack titles and often use slant rhyme. Many of her poems deals with the themes of death and immortality after her death. Her younger sister discovered her poems, then all became public. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances. Despite Dickinson's prolific writing, fewer than a dozen of her poems were published during her life.   The Poem A Bird, came down the Walk - He did not know I saw - He bit an Angle Worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw, And then, he drank a Dew From a c...

The Huntsman by Edward Lowbury

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Kagwa hunted the lion,   Through bush and forest went his spear. One day he found the skull of a man   And said to it, ‘How did you come here?’ The skull opened its mouth and said,   ‘Talking brought me here.’ Kagwa hurried home;   Went to the king’s chair and spoke: ‘In the forest I found a talking skull.’   The king was silent. Then he said slowly, ‘Never since I was born of my mother   Have I seen or heard of a skull which spoke.’ The king called out his guards:   ‘Two of you now go with him And find this talking skull;   But if his tale is a lie And the skull speaks no word,   This Kagwa himself must die’ They rode into the forest;   For days and nights, they found nothing. At last they saw the skull; Kagwa   Said to it, “How did you come here?” The skull said nothing. Kagwa implored,   But the skull said nothing. The guards said, ‘Kneel down.’ They killed him with sword and s...