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Classic Poetry and Literature
Christopher Nield
The Antidote—Classic Poetry for Modern LifeThursday, June 26, 2008 12:15:00 PM Have you ever undergone a conversion experience? One where, in a sudden flash, you fundamentally changed your perspective? Such moments, which define our lives, are not easily forgotten. Full Story
The Antidote: Classic Poetry for Modern LifeSaturday, June 21, 2008 12:20:00 PM What is our response to death? An extract from Sir Edwin Arnold's 'The Light of Asia' allows to reflect on that question. Full Story
The Antidote—Classic Poetry for Modern LifeSaturday, May 03, 2008 12:30:00 PM In this sonnet, Shakespeare boasts that his words, animated by the beauty of his beloved, will last until the crack of doom. Full Story
The Antidote—Classic Poetry for Modern LifeSaturday, April 19, 2008 12:10:00 PM How many times have we, on a whim, wandered into a church (or any other place of worship) in a bid to find inspiration and only felt disappointment? Full Story
The Antidote—Classic Poetry for Modern LifeTuesday, April 15, 2008 12:15:00 PM My StarAll, that I knowOf a certain starIs, it can throw(Like the angled spar)Now a dart of red,Now a dart of blueTill my friends have saidThey would fain see, ... Full Story
A Reading of 'Stanzas' by Emily BrontëFriday, March 21, 2008 12:45:00 PM In this magnificent poem, Emily Brontë meditates on the competing claims of early instinct, imaginative aspiration, material success, and spiritual rapture. Full Story
A reading of 'Dartside' by Charles KingsleyFriday, March 07, 2008 12:44:00 PM DartsideI cannot tell what you say green leaves,I cannot tell what you say,But I know that there is a spirit in you,And a word in you this day.I cannot tell what you say, ... Full Story
The Antidote—Classic Poetry for Modern LifeSaturday, January 19, 2008 12:44:00 PM When the Assault was Intended for the City
Captain, or Colonel, or Knight in Arms,Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize,If deed of honour did thee ever please, Full Story
The Antidote—Classic Poetry for Modern LifeMonday, January 07, 2008 12:45:00 PM Nield examines William Drummond's poem Saint John Baptist. Full Story
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