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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- 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 joy forsaken, When such delight was never known before, Since Love could stand no more To...
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...
Original Translation
- Nov 25, 2017
- 4 min
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
- Nov 23, 2017
- 1 min
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
- Nov 16, 2017
- 2 min
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
- Nov 9, 2017
- 2 min
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
- Nov 1, 2017
- 1 min
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
- Oct 24, 2017
- 1 min
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
- Oct 15, 2017
- 4 min
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
- Oct 14, 2017
- 2 min
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
- Sep 27, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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