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A.E. Housman’s “A Shropshire Lad”

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Houyhnhnm

I read these 60 or do little lyrics yesterday as a birthday treat, and about two-thirds of the way through was convinced they were the best poems ever (but I wasn’t so sure by the end). So simple – regular … Continue reading →

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“Of Truth” by Francis Bacon

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Houyhnhnm

A brief essay on the importance of truth to man, religiously and philosophically. One of the Fathers called Poesy: “vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination”. Replacing contemplation of the Divine, presumably. Montaigne: “to say that a man lieth, is … Continue reading →

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