ECLOGUE
Non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites.
–Vergil, Eclogues
FIRST SHEPHERD:
We meet again upon this hill
but now we climb it with a will,
when only last time, when we met,
our breath was easier to get. Read on…
Non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites.
–Vergil, Eclogues
FIRST SHEPHERD:
We meet again upon this hill
but now we climb it with a will,
when only last time, when we met,
our breath was easier to get. Read on…
. . . Containing the Night Thoughts of a Sexagenarian It is this heavenly tale, that the child in one could wish for, that keeps me awake tonight, on the eve of my sixtieth year, fearing death and wishing for grace, not knowing what either is, or even if either is, though the unbreathing stillness of bodies has me fairly convinced of the former, and of the latter I have seen so little as to doubt what I have seen … Read on…
Pro Deo, contra ecclesia ………….Fidei Corticula Crux 1. THE CROSS These Crosses are quite various in kind: the ones the Romans punished with were wood, but others have been precious metals, shined by priests with polish, symbolizing good. There’s one which, on its side, looks like an X, and symbolizes Scotland’s Saint Andrew. Another stays the vampire with its hex, though many think that simply can’t be true. The Cross Impotens, with its crutch-like ends, stands for St. Philip and … Read on…