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    Flight of the Ibis
    By Daniel Leach
    • Apr 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Flight of the Ibis

    In the golden light of the late Spring evening, A boy is dreaming on the backyard swing, Swinging and dreaming, as over the treetops And...
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    Of Sense
    By Paul Gallagher
    • Mar 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    Of Sense

    ‘Cross all the rise of history The greatest voices spoke to me, Warmed me like fire; I did not reply, But hearing I stood as in their...
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    Wanderer’s Night Song II by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
    Original Translation
    • Mar 25, 2018
    • 1 min

    Wanderer’s Night Song II by Johann Wolfgang Goethe

    II. Over the hilltops Is quietness, And in the treetops Emptiness, There's hardly a sigh. The birds are soundless in the forest; With...
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    My Soul is Dark
    By Omar Ahmad Alkhulaki
    • Mar 25, 2018
    • 1 min

    My Soul is Dark

    My soul is ever so dark, Like the majestic night, In its center my heart, Shines atop milky white. And from an early start, It never had...
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    Sonnet — by Edward Hoke
    By Edward Hoke
    • Mar 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    Sonnet — by Edward Hoke

    12/03/17 Of all ye gods, that crown Olympus high, Who yet remains that man’s not brought to heel? When aircraft daily pierce great Zeus’s...
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    Who Can Tell a Wave...
    By Paul Gallagher
    • Mar 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Who Can Tell a Wave...

    Who Can Tell a Wave… Who can tell a wave when its run will end? A soldier answers, “None.” How many chances come to flee or stand? Again...
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    In St. Mary's Church — Fredricksburg, TX
    By Daniel Leach
    • Mar 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    In St. Mary's Church — Fredricksburg, TX

    High above the altar, looking down, The stained-glass angel smiles almost unseen, At generations passing through below, Some raise their...
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    The Knight of Toggenburg (1797) by Friedrich Schiller
    Translation
    • Dec 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Knight of Toggenburg (1797) by Friedrich Schiller

    Sir knight, I can a sister's love Happily offer you, But any other kind of love Would not be true. Softly I can appear to you, And softly...
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    Dante's Canzone On Grace and Virtue: Poschia ch’amor del tutto m’ha lasciato
    Translation
    • Dec 12, 2017
    • 6 min

    Dante's Canzone On Grace and Virtue: Poschia ch’amor del tutto m’ha lasciato

    Since everything has already been taken, And delight forsaken, When I had never known such joy before, Since Love could stand no more To...
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    The Gardens of Cordoba
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Gardens of Cordoba

    My heart longs for gardens at Cordoba Where young maidens weep like morning roses; And suns never shimmer without gilding Cloudlets with...
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    Dante's Sestina Stone Rhyme: Al Poco Giorno e al gran cerchio d'ombra
    Translation
    • Nov 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    Dante's Sestina Stone Rhyme: Al Poco Giorno e al gran cerchio d'ombra

    To the short day and great arc of shadow I've come, alas, and to the paling hills When all the colors have vanished from the grass Where...
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    Amor, da che conven pur ch'io mi doglia
    Original Translation
    • Nov 25, 2017
    • 4 min

    Amor, da che conven pur ch'io mi doglia

    Love, since it has been decreed that I must Suffer, in order to be heard; That I must show myself spent of virtue, Then grant me the...
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