Sonnet - To Science
By Edgar Allan Poe
Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art!
Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes.
Why preyest thou thus upon the poet's heart,
Vulture, whose wings are dull realities?
How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise,
Who wouldst not leave him in his wandering
To seek for treasure in the jewelled skies
Albeit he soared with an undaunted wing?
Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car?
And driven the Hamadryad from the wood
To seek a shelter in some happier star?
Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood,
The Elfin from the green grass, and from me
The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?
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I spent a wonderful afternoon in Baltimore with
No photos are permitted in the Da Vinci exhibit, but here are the aerial screw and flying machine outside the display entrance.
And here is the Mona Delta.
What is a visit to a natural history museum without seeing dinosaurs?
A blue crab in the Chesapeake Bay gallery overlooking the harbor below.
We are all looking forward to Alice in IMAX!
I had a request for a photo of this gift shop remote control snakey.
Federal Hill was still decorated in honor of the Ravens' playoff bid.
After leaving