Jump by Yourself. 1  1. Choose the right rope. You should find a rope that reaches nearly up to your shoulders when it's folded in half. 2  2. Stand up and pick up the rope. Hold the rope's handles in each of your hands. 3  3. Step over the rope. The rope should hang behind you, so that the middle of the rope hits the back of your feet.
Heinrich Heine-Lorelei. The German poet Heinrich Heine (1799-1856) wrote some lovely poetry-it is almost impossible to translate. The Loreley was later followed by a beautiful melody, which is rather wellknown. I have added two translations into English, so you can see how varied they are.
Phillis Wheatley: an Eighteenth-century Genius in Bondage. Transported as a slave from West Africa to America when just a child, Phillis Wheatley published in 1773 at the age of 20 her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Vincent Carretta takes a look at the remarkable life of the first ever African-American woman to be published.