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Day 14 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeFeb 22: BURNS' POEMSAn Ode for Washington's BirthdayBurns asks for Columbia's harp, and then sings of liberty. He bewails the sad state of the land of Alfred and Wallace which once championed liberty, and now fights for tyranny. Read from BURNS' POEMS .................. Vol. 6, pp. 492-494 Feb 23: Stevenson's SAMUEL PEPYSPepys' Nose for NewsGossipy, witty Pepys had a curiosity that made him famous. He knew all the news of court and street. Stevenson, who never put his pen to a dull subject, writes of Pepys. Read from Stevenson's SAMUEL PEPYS ..... Vol. 28, pp. 285-292 Feb 24: MILTON'S POEMSLights and Shadows of MiltonIn a superb poem, Milton bids Loathed Melancholy begone to some dark cell. He calls for the joys of youth and vows eternal faith with them. Read: MILTON'S POEMS ......................... Vol. 4, pp. 30-38 Feb 25: THE SHORTEST WAY WITH DISSENTERSPunished for Too Sharp a WitThe brilliant wit and cutting satire of Defoe made for him friends and enemies—but mostly enemies. So piercing and twoedged was "The Shortest-Way with Dissenters" that he was fined, imprisoned and pilloried. Read: THE SHORTEST-WAY WITH DISSENTERS ..... Vol. 27, pp. 133-147 |