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Bein' Back Home

...Home agin, an' home to stay—
Yes, it's nice to be away.
Plenty things to do an' see,
But the old place seems to me
Jest about the proper thing.
Mebbe 'ts 'cause the mem'ries cling
Closer 'round yore place o' birth
'N ary other spot on earth.
W'y it's nice jest settin' here,
Lookin' out an' seein' clear,
'Thout no smoke, ner dust, ner haze
In thes...Read more of this...
by Laurence Dunbar, Paul


Inferno Canto 01

...ra feltro e feltro .

That Hound will never feed on land or pewter,
but find his fare in wisdom, love, and virtue; 
his place of birth shall be between two felts.


Di quella umile Italia fia salute
per cui mor? la vergine Cammilla,
Eurialo e Turno e Niso di ferute .

He will restore low-lying Italy for which
the maid Camilla died of wounds, 
and Nisus, Turnus, and Euryalus.


Questi la caccer? per ogne villa,
fin che l'avr? rimessa ne lo 'nferno,
l? onde 'nvidia prima dipart...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Live

...Live or die, but don't poison everything...

Well, death's been here
for a long time --
it has a hell of a lot
to do with hell
and suspicion of the eye
and the religious objects
and how I mourned them
when they were made obscene
by my dwarf-heart's doodle.
The chief ingredient
is mutilation.
And mud, day after day,
mud like a ritual,
and the baby on the pl...Read more of this...
by Sexton, Anne

Paradise Lost: Book 12

...ven, proclaims him come; 
And guides the eastern sages, who inquire 
His place, to offer incense, myrrh, and gold: 
His place of birth a solemn Angel tells 
To simple shepherds, keeping watch by night; 
They gladly thither haste, and by a quire 
Of squadroned Angels hear his carol sung. 
A virgin is his mother, but his sire 
The power of the Most High: He shall ascend 
The throne hereditary, and bound his reign 
With Earth's wide bounds, his glory with the Heavens. 
He ceased...Read more of this...
by Milton, John

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