Text of section II here.Text of section III here.Text of section IV here. Three remarkable sections that give three very different… READ MORE

Text of section I here. A heartbreaking and heartbroken lyric that looks to grief as a way to sustain a… READ MORE

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In Memoriam A.H.H. Alfred, Lord Tennyson CI   Unwatch’d, the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved, that… READ MORE

Nature’s Questioning Thomas Hardy When I look forth at dawning, pool, Field, flock, and lonely tree, All seem to gaze… READ MORE

What Is Life?John Clare (1793-1864) AND what is Life?—An hour-glass on the run,A mist retreating from the morning sun,A busy,… READ MORE

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