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Jenny kiss'd Me (original title: Rondeau) is a poem by the English essayist Leigh Hunt. It was first published in November 1838 by the Monthly Chronicle. The poem - per its original title, a rondeau - was inspired by Jane Welsh, the wife of Thomas Carlyle. According to anthologist Martin Gardner, "Jenny kiss'd Me" was written during a flu epidemic, and refers to an unexpected visit by the recov...

"The Dead" is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. The other stories in the collection are shorter, whereas at 15,952 words, "The Dead" is almost long enough to be described as a novella. The story deals with themes of love and loss as well as raising questions about the nature of the Irish identity. Read by Gary Huteson. Music by: "Naoya Sakamata - Dissociatio...

A poem by Laurence Alma-Tadema (born Laurense Tadema, 1865-1940). Laurence Alma-Tadema was an English artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked in many genres. Alma-Tadema was born in Brussels in 1865. She was the eldest daughter of the Dutch painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) and his first wife Marie-Pauline Gressin Dumoulin. Laurence lived in "The Fair Haven", Wittersh...

A poem by Thomas Hood. It is an example of Hood's reflective and sentimental verse. Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845) was an English poet, author and humourist, best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works. Hood, never robu...

A moving poem by the poet Christina Rossetti. Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. 'Remember' was written by Christina Rossetti when she was still a teenager. It is a classic Victorian poem about mourning and remembrance. It was written in 1849 but not published until 1862 when it ...