Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through t…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 25, 1918. His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela himself was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University …
O. Henry was a famous American writer who used the pen name William Sydney Porter. He was known for writing clever and funny short stories in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He was born on September 11, 1862, in Green…
Ode To A Nightingale by John Keats My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness painsMy sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,Or emptied some dull opiate to the drainsOne minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk:‘Tis not thro…
On Anothers Sorrow by William Blake Can I see anothers woe,And not be in sorrow too?Can I see anothers grief,And not seek for kind relief. Can I see a falling tear.And not feel my sorrows share,Can a father see his ch…
It keeps eternal whisperings aroundDesolate shores, and with its mighty swellGluts twice ten thousand Caverns, till the spellOf Hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound.Often ’tis in such gentle temper found,That sc…