These are short, famous texts in English from classic sources like the Bible or Shakespeare. Some texts have word definitions and explanations to help you. Some of these texts are written in an old style of English. Try to understand them, because the English that we speak today is based on what our great, great, great, great grandparents spoke before! Of course, not all these texts were originally written in English. The Bible, for example, is a translation. But they are all well known in English today, and many of them express beautiful thoughts.

Elementary I Wish I Loved... Monday's Child The Walrus & the Carpenter The Grasshopper The Hare & the Tortoise The Hare & the Hound

Intermediate Declaration of Independence Away In A Manger For now we see... Futility If I shall not pass Ozymandias Rune of St Patrick The Female of the Species The Lord is my shepherd To be, or not to be To every thing...

Advanced Desiderata Lilies of the Field The Sick Rose Song of Solomon The Tiger   Shakespeare I had rather be a toad... What a piece of work... When forty winters... Shall I compare thee... Weary with toil... They that have power... Let me not...