Category: Reely’s Blog

Edgar Allan Poe’s School Days

In June, 1815, when Edgar was about six years old, his adoptive father and mother, with an aunt, went to England to stay several years. Before starting, Mr. Allan bought a Murray’s reader, two...

F Poets Index

F By First Name Frank Dempster Sherman Daisies – At evening when I go to bed, I see the stars shine … Frank Lebby Stanton Keep A-Goin’ – Ef you strike a thorn or...

G Poets Index

G By First Name Gaston Couté French / English Jour de Lessive / Laundry Day – I left this morning … George Gordon, Lord Byron She Walks in Beauty like the night … When...

Gaily Bedight

When I think of the poem El Dorado, I always get a mental picture of Edgar Allan Poe saying “what rhymes with knight?”

H Poets Index

H By First Name Harriet Beecher Stowe Eliza Crossing the River – From her resting-place by the trader chased … Harriet Monroe Love Song – I love my life but not too well …...