Had a request for Kipling on my YouTube channel.  This has now become one of my favorites.       “Mandalay” by Rudyard Kipling   By the old Moulme...

The “Surrender Speech” given by Chief Joseph of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce and translated by Arthur Chapman. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_P...

The Outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day: The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play. And then when Cooney died ...

“I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we...

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. S...

She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus...