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Raleigh Was Right

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William Carlos Williams' poetic response to the exchange between Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh.

The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd

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Sir Walter Raleigh's poetic response to Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

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Poem by Christopher Marlowe

I Felt a Funeral in My Brain

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Poem by Emily Dickinson

Solitude

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born in Johnstown, Wisconsin and her poetry was being published by the time she graduated from high school. Her poetry was very popular, generally written in plain, rhyming verse. Her works include Poems of Passion (1883), A Woman of the World (1904), Poems of Peace (1906), Poems of Experience (1910), and Poems (1919).

Those Winter Sundays

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Poem by Robert Hayden

Lyndon Johnson, “The Great Society,” speech made on May 22, 1964

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Johnson describes his domestic agenda and vision for a better America.
May 22, 1964

Modern History Sourcebook: Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a Woman?", December 1851

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Text of the December 1851 speech by Sojourner Truth.

Equal Rights for Women Speech

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Text of the "Equal Rights for Women" speech by Shirley Chisholm on May 21, 1969.
Sources: Congressional Record - Extensions of Remarks E4165-6.

Transcript of Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan (1941)

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Transcript of Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan (1941)

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