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    Only if
    By Omar Ahmad Alkhulaki
    • May 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Only if

    If I am your priest Confess to me all, If I am your lover Trust in this fall, If I am your guru Then listen deeply, If I am your friend...
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    Nänie by Friedrich Schiller
    Translation
    • May 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    Nänie by Friedrich Schiller

    Even the beautiful must perish; it sways the gods, and rules mankind! Yet it does not move the iron breast of the Stygean Zeus. Only once...
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    Poetry
    By Michael R. Burch
    • May 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    Poetry

    Poetry, I found you where at last they chained and bound you; with devices all around you to torture and confound you, I found...
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    Ibykos Fragment 286, Circa 564 B.C.
    Translation
    • May 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    Ibykos Fragment 286, Circa 564 B.C.

    Come spring, the grand apple trees stand watered by a gushing river where the maidens’ uncut flowers shiver and the blossoming grape vine...
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    On the Epitaph of John Keats
    By Shouvik N. Hore
    • May 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    On the Epitaph of John Keats

    Here lies One whose name was writ in water- O Delphic streams washing aged tombs by! A single glance spare when violets cry Near one...
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    Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Secret to Immortality
    The Editor
    • Apr 23, 2018
    • 17 min

    Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Secret to Immortality

    William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564 – died April 23, 1616) is arguably the greatest writer in any language. His poetry is not...
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    Father Hennepin and the Great Spirit
    By Daniel Leach
    • Apr 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    Father Hennepin and the Great Spirit

    This concludes a third in the series of poems, based on the poet's journey to Niagara Falls. Parts 1 & 2 can be found here. Father...
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    Nearness of the Beloved by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
    Translation
    • Apr 19, 2018
    • 1 min

    Nearness of the Beloved by Johann Wolfgang Goethe

    I think of you when the shimmering sea waves Shine bright on me; I think of you when the moon's resplendent rays Light up each stream. I...
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    Three Sister Islands*
    By Daniel Leach
    • Apr 16, 2018
    • 2 min

    Three Sister Islands*

    Again I sit, as I sat long ago, Upon a rock, among the delicate ferns, While all around, the rushing waters flow In violent, impetuous...
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    The Power of Song by Friedrich Schiller
    Original Translation
    • Apr 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Power of Song by Friedrich Schiller

    A stream of rain from fissured mountains, It comes with thunder's vehemence, A shattered peak pursues its fountains, And oaks beneath it...
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    To a Northern Summer Morning
    By Daniel Leach
    • Apr 9, 2018
    • 1 min

    To a Northern Summer Morning

    Soft, cool Northern Summer morning, You often greet my eyes in pleasant dreams, Old friend, who whispered to me in my youth Of love, or...
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    A Late Dante Canzone: Amor, che movi tua vertu da cielo
    Translation
    • Apr 7, 2018
    • 4 min

    A Late Dante Canzone: Amor, che movi tua vertu da cielo

    Oh Love, who takes his power from on high, As the sun does its splendor, So do the rays of your perpetual fire Shine brighter where they...
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