Category: Authors
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To Lady Kenmure on the Occasion of the death of her infant daughter
“You have lost a child: nay she is lost to you who is found in Christ. She is not sent away, but only sent before, like unto a star, which going out of our sight doth not die and vanish, but shineth in another hemisphere. We see her not, yet…
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What Kind of Peace?
“I have, therefore, chosen this time and place to discuss a topic on which ignorance too often abounds and the truth too rarely perceived. And that is the most important topic on earth: peace. What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek?…
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"…loved I not honor more."
To Lucasta, Going to the Wars 1Tell me not (Sweet) I am unkind,That from the NunneryOf thy chaste breast, and quiet mind,To War and Arms I flee. 2True, a new Mistress now I chase,The first Foe in the Field;And with a stronger Faith embraceA Sword, a Horse, a Shield. 3Yet…
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Dante’s Purgatorio
The Divine Comedy: Purgatory by Dante AlighieriMy rating: 4 of 5 stars The translation into rhyming verse is no doubt a daunting task. It does make the poetry more esoteric, and most likely more difficult to read and comprehend. Dorothy Sayer’s commentary, however, is gold. The book is worth reading…
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Dante’s Purgatorio
The Divine Comedy: Purgatory by Dante AlighieriMy rating: 4 of 5 stars The translation into rhyming verse is no doubt a daunting task. It does make the poetry more esoteric, and most likely more difficult to read and comprehend. Dorothy Sayer’s commentary, however, is gold. The book is worth reading…
Backward Mutters 