Between 700 to 1700, and in particular during the Chinese Renaissance under the Song Dynasty (960-1279), China’s greatest contribution to...

An Artist "That man's silences were marvellous to listen to." — Thomas Hardy "Under The Greenwood Tree." I "Out of pure moonshine have I...

"Lu Zhai" ("Deer Park") by Wang Wei (699-759) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Uninhabited hills ... except that now...

After crossing the Great Mountains, I saw before me, to the west, a vast and sprawling plain. Many great rivers crossed its fertile...

Gitanjali 11 by Rabindranath Tagore loose translation/interpretation/modernization by Michael R. Burch Leave this vain chanting and...

This song was composed by Schiller in response to inquiries about the fate of his character Thekla in his tragedy, Wallenstein’s Death....

A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his...

They say that there are ghosts that haunt this place Of ones who long ago met their end here, But in the fern-cooled air that bathes my...