Daily Archives: April 11, 2009

W.H. Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts”

W.H. Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts” About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters; how well, they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along; … Continue reading

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John Donne’s “Batter my heart, three-person’d God”

Holy Sonnet XIV Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. … Continue reading

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