Our header image is William Blake's rendition of Paradise Lost -- written for the poem. I happened to catch this from the UK ill-starred Transits magazine and noticed today is John Milton's birthday. I could not get the 6-7 am time to work particularly if I threw in the Fixed Stars. He was totally blind... Continue Reading →
Marc Jones has this incorrectly marked as L. Stowacki, September 4, 1809, place unknown. His correct name is Juliusz Slowacki, born in Krzemieniec Poland; now Ukraine. Slowacki is one of the "Three Bards" of Polish literature and a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, concurrent with Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and John Keats in... Continue Reading →
The header image is of Mr Clark's funeral statue. Reportedly he told his minister Rev. Dr John Short, ‘I do not care if everything else I have written should perish; I would like that to live.’ It is inscribed: ‘Sacred to the memory of Cumberland Clark, poet, historian, dramatist … The longer I live the... Continue Reading →
