The Thomas Gray Archive is a collaborative digital archive and research project devoted to the life and work of eighteenth-century poet, letter-writer, and scholar Thomas Gray (1716-1771), author of the acclaimed ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ (1751).

human & hum. These ROOT-WORDS are HUM & HUMAN which come from the Latin humus, meaning EARTH & GROUND and the Latin humanus which means MAN.It is interesting to follow the changes of idea here.

We are the master of our destiny. We are responsible for our own happiness. This famous inspirational poem charges us to accept …

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The definition of a psalm is a sacred poem, or one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers in a Christian and Jewish book of worship called the Book of Psalms.

Famous Alexander Pope Quotes » On Love: How oft, when press’d to marriage, have I said,Curse on all laws but those which love has made!(From: Eloisa To Abelard) When souls each other draw,When love is…

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Catullus 5 is a passionate ode to Lesbia and one of the most famous poems by Catullus.The poem encourages lovers to scorn the snide comments of others, and to live only for each other, since life is too brief and death brings on a night of perpetual sleep.

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Latin profanity is the profane, indecent, or impolite vocabulary of Latin, and its uses.Words deemed profane were described as obsc(a)ena (obscene, lewd, unfit for public use), or improba (improper, in poor taste, undignified).