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Hubbard, Frank McKinney ("Kin")
1868–1930
1868–1930
1
Classic music is th'kind that we keep thinkin'll turn into a tune.
It's no disgrace t'be poor, but it might as well be.
Classic music is th'kind that we keep thinkin'll turn into a tune.
Comments of Abe Martin and His Neighbors
(1923)
It's no disgrace t'be poor, but it might as well be.
Short Furrows
(1911)
Hughes, Jimmy
and
Lake, Frank
and
Lake, Frank
1
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean,
So cheer up, my lads, Bless 'em all!
Bless 'em all! Bless 'em all! The long and the short and the tall.
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean,
So cheer up, my lads, Bless 'em all!
Bless 'em all! Bless 'em all! The long and the short and the tall.
"Bless 'Em All" (1940 song)
Hughes, Langston
1902–67
1902–67
1
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes.
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes.
"I, Too" in
Survey Graphic
March 1925
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" (1921)
Hughes, Ted
1930–98
1930–98
1
It took the whole of Creation
To produce my foot, my each feather:
Now I hold Creation in my foot.
Fourteen centuries have learned,
From charred remains, that what took place
When Alexandria's library burned
Brain-damaged the human race.
…With a sudden sharp hot stink of fox,
It enters the dark hole of the head.
Ten years after your death
I meet on a page of your journal, as never before,
The shock of your joy.
It took the whole of Creation
To produce my foot, my each feather:
Now I hold Creation in my foot.
"Hawk Roosting" (1960)
Fourteen centuries have learned,
From charred remains, that what took place
When Alexandria's library burned
Brain-damaged the human race.
"Hear it Again" (1997)
…With a sudden sharp hot stink of fox,
It enters the dark hole of the head.
"The Thought-Fox" (1957)
Ten years after your death
I meet on a page of your journal, as never before,
The shock of your joy.
"Visit" (1998)
Hughes, Thomas
1822–96
1822–96
1
It's more than a game. It's an institution.
of cricket
It's more than a game. It's an institution.
of cricket
Tom Brown's Schooldays
(1857) pt. 2, ch. 7
Hugo, Victor
1802–85
1802–85
1
The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.
Take away
time is money
, and what is left of England? take away
cotton is king
, and what is left of America?
The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
Contemplations
(1856) bk. 1, no. 8
A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.
Histoire d'un Crime
(written 1851–2, published 1877) pt. 5, sect. 10
Take away
time is money
, and what is left of England? take away
cotton is king
, and what is left of America?
Les Misérables
(1862) "Marius" bk. 4 ch. 4
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