The Chained Muse

Original Translation

Amor, da che conven pur ch'io mi doglia

Love, since it's been decreed that I now must Suffer, in order to be heard; That I must show myself spent of virtue, Grant me the...

Omar Ahmed Alkhulaqi

Ode to the South of Yemen

Years have passed and sadly miles apart, I dip this pen in the blood-pools of my heart, We cried for help, there’s no response, Our...

Translation

Longing by Friedrich Schiller

If I could fly from this dark valley Where the gloomy vapors creep And by some wonder swiftly flee, My soul would blessedly weep! Gazing...

By Daniel Leach

Evening Flight

The sun appeared to linger long and low Upon the Western sea of clouds that day, And for a moment draw the soul away To sacred places...

By David B. Gosselin

In Memory of John Keats (1795 – 1821)

If time must all accounts settle And with all mortals seek requital How should the earthly heaven afford When in time death’s train all...

By David B. Gosselin

Behind the Sparkling Light in All Men's Eyes

Behind the sparkling light in all men's eyes, Across the wide arcade of twinkling skies Reside the hidden dreams of those who died, Who...

Translation

The Rime Petrose of Dante Alighieri

Dante wrote a series of Canzoni (songs) entitled the Rime Petrose, the "Stone Rhymes." Here is the first installment of the Stone Rhymes....

Translation

Wheat by Jean Jaurès

Is man not the one who created wheat? For, what we call natural is hardly so—those things used by him—are far from spontaneous creations....

By David B. Gosselin

The Jewels of Andalusia - The Spanish Knight

Wa le ghalib il Allah (God is the only victor) -Muhamed Ibn-l-Ahmar, founder of the Alhambra Palace He rides across the star-engulfed...

By Daniel Leach

Indian Ghost Song

It was in the canyon in twilight deep Of the mystical desert night, When the shadows creep down from the mountainsides steep And envelop...