Winkelried and the Sempach Heroic Charge for Liberty
The tale recalls Arnold Winkelried’s self sacrifice at Sempach on July 9 1386 to breach the Austrian square and save Switzerland a price paid in blood. The narrative traces the conflict with Duke Leopold of Austria through battles at Sempach Nafels and Kappel, noting casualties and the lasting impact on Swiss independence and prosperity.
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Anold Winkelried
Winkelried
Switzerland
Austria
Luzerne
Leopold
Adelwyl
Sempach
Petermann
Gundolfingen
Arnold Struth von Winkelth
Nafels
Stanz
Unterwald
Arnold Winkelried Poem Brings Liberty to Switzerland
The poem recalls Arnold Winkelried’s self sacrifice during a Swiss defense against Austrian siege. A single act of courage opens a breach as ten spears pierce his heart, sparking rout and freeing Switzerland. James Montgomery portrays collective resolve and sacrifice leading to national liberty.
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Arnold
Gem in Verse on Dying Love by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poem reflects on the end of a passionate romance describing fading grace and distant hearts. The speaker laments love dying and questions why it ends while suggesting lovers may need to dwell apart. The piece centers on lost beloved and collective sorrow.
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Ella Wheeler
The Plumed Officer and the Battle's Silent Debt
A narrative poem portraying a battlefield battery led by Crosby under hail and gunfire. The speaker reflects on duty, death, and the poet’s enduring connection to a fallen commander whose memory shapes the survivor’s soul and life. Elizabeth Barrett Browning is cited.
With Clearer Vision A Poem By Carlotta Perry
A reflective poem contrasts sight and blindness with memories of a past beloved. The speaker notes the beloved’s transformed appearance and ponders whether his eyes are open, ending with a melancholy image of a rose kept pressed between pages and the lingering chill of touch.
Old Friends in Verse of Memory and Loss
A compact poem collage reflecting on aging friendships, memory, and mortality. It cites voices from W. J. Linton and E. R. Sill with lines that mix nostalgia, faith, and time as life progresses. The final imagery suggests longing for return as daylight fades.
Outshining the Stars Viennese Court Beauties in a Romantic Tale
Archduchess Stephanie Archduchess Maria Dorothea and other Austrian royals are profiled as famed beauties. Philippine Welser’s legendary marriage to Archduke Ferdinand I, the Tyrolean court life, and theViennese aristocratic circle feature in this portrait of courtly allure and lineage.
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Krimhilt
Siegfried
Austria
Philippine Welser
Archduchess
Stephanie
Charles V
Bartholomius Welser
Belisarius
Welsers
Bartholomeus
Venezuela
Baroness von Zinnenburg
Tyrol
Burgau
Ferdinand
Ambras
Innsabrack
Philippine
Leopold II
Marie Henriette
Archduke Joseph
Hungaria
la Paysanne
Maria Dorothea
Turn and Taxis
Margarethe Sophie
Christine
Spain
Count Taaffe
Lieb
Die Liebste von Allen
America
Count Coudenhove
Blue Danube
Countess Mary Coudenhove
New Edition of Amy Fay’s Music Study in Germany
Special correspondence notes a fresh edition of Amy Fay’s Music Study in Germany released ten years after the first. The Chicago conservatory teacher, sister-in-law to Theodore Thomas, studied in Germany with Liszt and Tausig, meeting Wagner, Joachim, Clara Schumann, and others. The letters from her Chicago years reveal vivid character sketches and anecdotes. the book, edited from private letters, gained rapid literary and musical recognition.
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Amy Fay
Germany
New Yor
Jiashed
Miss Fay
Theodore Thomas
Chicago
New York
Union Square
Grace
Murray Hill
Thomas
Boston
Bancroft
United States
Tausig
Wagner
Berlin
Kullak
Joachim
Clara Schumann
von Bulow
Rubinstein
Liszt
America
Chicago Conservatory
Miss Fray
E. J. Edwards
Shrewd Janitor Hides Heat Beneath City Apartments
In a New York class apartment house, a furnace in the basement is tended by a janitor who and his family occupy the underground level. When cold weather hits, the janitor blocks heat pipes, keeping warmth confined below stairs for his own use, and a tenant uncovers the scheme.
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New York
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Arnold Winkelried
Victory
Sy American Press Association
House of Hapsburg
Ratisbon
Nancy
Charles the Bold
Frasienz
Kappel
Zwingli
George L. Kilmer
the Standard
Liberty
James Montgomery
GEMS
Crosby
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Carlotta Perry
W. J. Linton
Keri
Emily Dickinson
Ernest Wreyburger
Welser
American Press Association
Luise von
Prague
Burglitz
Mary Taaffe Coudenhove
Ernest Freyburger
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