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Classic Poetry and Literature

Christopher Nield


The Antidote—Classic Poetry for Modern Life
Thursday, 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 Life
Saturday, 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 Life
Saturday, 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 Life
Saturday, 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 Life
Tuesday, 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 Brontë
Friday, 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 'The Deep-Sea Cables' by Rudyard Kipling
Saturday, March 08, 2008 12:07:00 PM
The Deep-Sea Cables   Full Story
 

A reading of 'Dartside' by Charles Kingsley
Friday, 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 Life
Saturday, 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,
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The Antidote—Classic Poetry for Modern Life
Monday, January 07, 2008 12:45:00 PM
Nield examines William Drummond's poem Saint John Baptist.   Full Story
 

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