Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Volume V

Subscribe for ad free access & additional features for teachers. Authors: 267, Books: 3,607, Poems & Short Stories: 4,435, Forum Members: 71,154, Forum Posts: 1,238,602, Quizzes: 344 SIR JOSEPH PORTER, K.C.B. "I am the monarch of the Sea, The ruler of the Queen's Navee,- When at anchor here I ride, My bosom swells with pride, And I snap my fingers at a foeman's taunts. And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts His sisters and his cousins! Whom he reckons by the dozens, And his aunts! RALPH RACKSTRAW. For I am called Little Buttercup,-dear Little Buttercup, Though I never could tell why; But still I'm called Buttercup,-poor Little Buttercup, Sweet Little Buttercup I! Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time. Email: Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time. Email: