The rivers—Euphrates, Congo, Nile, and Mississippi—are symbols of the deep roots and enduring spirit of black people.

Christina Rossetti was one of the finest poets of the Victorian age, well known for collections including Goblin Market and Other Poems and The Face of the Deep. She addressed gender issues in her ...

I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled sound in earth's diurnal course, With ...