Saturday, May 30, 2020
Daily Dose
From A Little History of Poetry, by John Carey
OF ALL
"Of all world-famous poets none is less likely to appeal to the modern reader than Dante Alighieri (c. 1265 - 1321)."
From Chapter 5, Continental Masters of the Middle Ages: Dante, Daniel, Petrarch, Villon
Friday, May 29, 2020
Daily Dose
From Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle, by Jonathan Horn
GEORGE'S SISTER BETTY
"According to family lore, Lawrence's recently deceased mother had appeared 'so strikingly like her brother (Grandpa)' that soldiers would have obeyed her orders had she donned 'a military hat on her head.'"
From Chapter 29, Guardianship
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Clerihew for a Big Schoolboy
EDOARDO ALBINATI
Edoardo Albinati,
Clever, skinny, and spotty,
Found they could be cruel
In The Catholic School.
Daily Dose
From That One Should Disdain Hardships: The Teachings of a Roman Stoic, by Musonius Rufus, translated by Cora E. Lutz
YOU WILL
"You will earn the respect of all men if you begin by earning the respect of yourself."
From Fragments, 30 Musonius
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Another Clerihew for a Troubled Couple
ARTHUR RIMBAUD
Arthur Rimbaud
Lit the flambeau.
Verlaine's response?
"More absinthe."
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