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Poem: “Traveling” by William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)
And no one can tell whither.—my sweet friend! We two have had such happy hours together That my heart melts in me to think of it.
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Poem: “When I Heard the Learned Astronomer” by Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till…
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Poem: “The Star” by Jane Taylor
When the blazing sun is set, And the grass with dew is wet, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
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“I had no time to hate, because” by Emily Dickinson
I HAD no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity.
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“The Gift to Sing” by James Weldon Johnson (1871 – 1938)
Sometimes the mist overhangs my path, And blackening clouds about me cling; But, oh, I have a magic way To turn the gloom to cheerful day— I softly sing…
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“NIÁGARA” by José María Heredia y Heredia (1803 – 1839)
NIÁGARA Templad mi lira, dádmela, que siento En mi alma estremecida y agitada Arder la inspiración. ¡Oh! ¡cuánto tiempo En tinieblas pasó, sin que mi frente Brillase con su luz…! Niágara undoso,
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“Puente” by Nicolás Guillén (1920 – 1989)
PUENTE ¿Lejos? Hay un arco tendido que hace viajar la flecha de tu voz.
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“After the Winter” by Claude McKay (1889–1948)
Some day, when trees have shed their leaves And against the morning’s white The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night…,
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