Not a bird disturbs the air,There is quiet everywhere;Over plains and over woodsWhat a mighty stillness broods. Even the grasshoppers keepWhere the coolest shadows sleep;Even the busy ants are foundResting in their pebbled mound;Even the locust clingeth nowIn silence to the barky bough:And over hills and over plainsQuiet, vast and slumberous, reigns. Only there's a... Continue Reading →
Earth has not anything to show more fair:Dull would he be of soul who could pass byA sight so touching in its majesty:This City now doth, like a garment, wearThe beauty of the morning; silent, bare,Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lieOpen unto the fields, and to the sky;All bright and glittering in the smokeless... Continue Reading →
The text 'Journal Writing-II: Reminiscences of a Journey to Greece,' taken from Pilgrimages by Govinda Raj Bhattarai, features in B.Ed. 1st Year’s General English book (Tribhuvan University). The key takeaways from the text are as follows: Journal of Govinda Raj Bhattarai, a Nepali writer, Professor of English Date of the journal: September 13-15, 2006 Greece:... Continue Reading →
I remember the night my motherwas stung by a scorpion. Ten hoursof steady rain had driven himto crawl beneath a sack of rice. Parting with his poison – flashof diabolic tail in the dark room –he risked the rain again. The peasants came like swarms of fliesand buzzed the name of God a hundred timesto... Continue Reading →
I went down to the river,I sat down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't,So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered!I came up twice and cried!If that water hadn't a-been so coldI might've sunk and died. But it was Cold in that water! It was cold! I took the... Continue Reading →
• One Act Play written by Ambrose Bierce, an American writer • Characters: Narrator Carter Druse, a young man from Virginia, USA, a Federal Union soldier Mr. Druse (Carter's father), a Confederate soldier Mrs. Druse (Carter's mother) Federal Commander Federal Officer Federal Sergeant Three Federal soldiers • Socio-economic and political situation: Civil war (1861-1865) between... Continue Reading →
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