Poetry had breathed over and sanctified the land. Autore: Washington Irving Copy Quote More from Washington Irving “It has also been the peculiar lot of our country to be visited by the worst kin…” “Brought up, as Mahomet was, in the house of the guardian of the Caaba, the cere…” “A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.” “Such heaped up platters of cakes of various and almost indescribable kinds, kno…”