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Day 33 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day ChallengeMay 12: ROSSETTI'S POEMSHis Wife's Golden Hair Enshrined His PoemsThe manuscripts of many of the best poems of Rossetti were buried with his wife. Friends prevailed upon him to allow them to be exhumed—and these poems, once buried with the dead, are now a treasure of the living. Read: ROSSETTI'S POEMS .... Vol. 42, pp. 1149-1153, 1178-1181 May 13: Burns' THE TWA DOGSWhat Does Your Dog Think of You?Two dogs fell a-gossiping about their masters and about a dog's life among the humble Scotch folk. Each "rejoic'd they werena men but dogs; an' each took aff his several way." Read: Burns' THE TWA DOGS ................ Vol. 6, pp. 151-157 May 14: VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOXJenner's Amazing Smallpox Cure Edward Jenner found that disease in the heel of a horse, transmitted through a cow to the dairy attendants, was an agent in making human beings immune from smallpox. His amazing experiments inaugurated a new epoch. Read: VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX ......... Vol. 38, pp. 145-154 May 15: Dante's DIVINE COMEDYGlimpses Into the BeyondThe best part of the Divine Comedy for a few minutes' reading is the "Inferno." There the reader finds the most vivid descriptions, the most startling and unforgettable pictures. Read from Dante's DIVINE COMEDY ........ Vol. 20, pp. 102-114 |