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Kind Hearts and Coronets is a British movie, but I'm not sure if the title came from a quote or not.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.
-Anne Frank

Koa, no need to apologize- I don't consider this my "space". I think you're right, reading literature does make one feel less lonely. Reading connects you with other people when you share in the...

My favorite Rachmaninov is Piano Concerto 2 and 3. I was so happy to see the Third Piano Concerto used in the movie Shine.

The Kronos Quartet is an excellent chamber group. I especially like...

That final line is the penultimate line in Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations of Immortality. The last two lines are:
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep...

Ce Qu’on Entend Sur La Montagne (What you can hear in the mountains) is probably the piece you heard. It was inspired by Victor Hugo's poem Feuilles d’Automne. Liszt was a late romantic pianist and...

I hesitated to post this poem because I have not really edited it.

The polished vs brushed steel was the first thing that popped into my head when writing it. I've always considered it a place...

Here is a poem I wrote during my college years while reflecting on my high school experience.


I lived on the side,
My history a hero's parade,
Pressing the chosen on a sea of arms,
And I the...

Thanks Shea, I'm glad you liked it. It's funny you should mention the verse from James that was part of my inspiration for writing this poem.

I hadn't thought of it in exactly the same terms as...

The Patriot
by Robert Browning

AN OLD STORY.

I.

It was roses, roses, all the way,
With myrtle mixed in my path like mad:
The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway,

Bartholomeus,

I now understand what you were refering to about inspiration from classical poetry. I have to admit, however, that my education on the classic myths came from Bulfinch's Mythology...

W. H. Auden is my favorite poet to both read and listen to.

Here's a poem I wrote several years ago that I found while moving.

I was born one morning
under a sky whose face had seen:
a border held against the Spanish fleet,
cotton fields picked bare by...

I'm in the process of moving, so I have been without a computer for a little while. I apologize for not replying sooner.

Bartholomeus, I have studied Greek, I have a degree in music, so I have...

Okay, I'm new here- this is only my third post. Please be nice.

My every thought is captured now,
Like Daedalus and the boy,
My mind hemmed in on every side,
By tides of ancient tow.
...

All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely. Edgar Z. Freidenburg wrote this quite a few years after Lord Acton. Here's another quote along the same lines:
It has often been...

The exact quote is: "Corruptisima republica plurimae leges." Most commonly translated as: "The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." However, republica is commonly translated...