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“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” - Desiderius Erasmus

Literature
 
Poetry & Music

Robert Frost's "The Sound of the Trees" Revisited - by First Known When Lost
“As an addendum to my recent post containing three brief poems about the wind, here is a poem by Robert Frost on the same topic, but with a twist.”

Horatius at the Bridge - by Thomas Babbington Macaulay
Heroic Horatius stands at the end of bridge, fighting off the Tuscan army, saving the young Rome. One man can make a big difference.

Enjoying "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson - by Ed Friedlander
“On either side the river lie, Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And through the field the road runs by, To many-tower'd Camelot”

The Pythagorean Golden Verses - attributed to Pythagoras of Samos
"Honor thy father and mother and relatives"

Havamal - Sayings of the High One, from the Poetic Edda

Video: Bright Eyes - sung by Art Garfunkel
From the animated film based on Richard Adam's book, Watership Down

 

Stories

Lady of the Fountain - from Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch
The Mabinogeon, Chapter IV : Gawain's Adventure and The Adventure of the Lion




“Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.” -- Ezra Pound