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The Greek Myths
The Greek Myths The Greek Myths (After re-reading Robert Graves’s The Greek Myths) i. The Greek mythologers have given to the world, (In stories of their great divinities and tales Of heroes and of heroines almost as great As […]
Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony This last and greatest composition floods Emotions through the caverns of my sense As when high spring-tides swell to full expanse Of their majestic reach. All human moods Are touchingly evoked through these deep themes Which thrill the ultimate extremes […]
Cricket
Cricket Cricket (After L. Smart) A village church-spire watching from nearby; a white, Red-roofed pavilion shaded by trees. In front, Upon a close-mown […]
Bath
Bath Bath (After a photograph) Here is a structured question-mark. The gold Great Crescent’s elegant façade sweeps round To meet straitBrock Street’s subfusc straight that guides Towards a perfect ornate roundel […]
Cooking the Books?
Cooking the Books? “Why rushed the discords in but that harmony should be prized?” (Abt Vogler: by R. Browning) Perhaps we […]