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Spring

Through winter’s bleak and barren grasp we fight
But to recall a pasture’s shade of green,
Or whist’ling in the wind, the reeds, serene
Enough to calm the madness of our plight,
And...

I have always been rather fond of Walter de la Mare's deathbed utterance.
As he lay dying, de la Mare's daughter paid him a visit. "Is there anything I can get you?" she asked, "fruit, flowers?"
de...

The anecdote to which you are refering is not one of a french author at all, though Balzac, for one, hated the tower passionately. It is British writer and publisher William Morris, who even ventured...

Shylock can be pitied, of course. He was under a great amount of stress, considering the situation with his daughter. He took out his frustrations at home on Antonio, and maybe went a bit too far....

If you can get Wordsworth at his best, he will outdo Whitman (whom I also loath) by far. But a selct few of Wordsworth's poems will put one to sleep. Ezra Pound said, "The neophyte poet should read...

Sex and beauty are two very different things; ask one of those sublime fellows who is constantly being manipulated by an ugly spouse.

By your defintion of truth, how does one clearly define blasphamy? One way to intrepret your text is that Blasphamy exists in material things and sensual pleasures. If so, the idea is Platonic....

I deeply enjoy the lucrative discussion about beauty, yet we must first define beauty before we discuss it. What makes one woman beautiful, and another ugly? And if soemthing is truly beautiful, why...

The whole point of faith is the lack of clarity which it entails; the divine, unslovable mysteries were made so for a reason. Eg., it is said that as St. Augustine roamed the beach one day trying to...

Try looking for quotes from Adam Smith

What's your view on Hamlet's sanity?

I have been humbled. And by all things, my favourite Shakespearean play! There's no arguing with you, piquant.

If one is going to ramble, shouldn't the ramble sound nice? Rhyme or no, some form of Pentameter (Iambic, Trochaic, triambic, etc.) always makes the piece sound more fluid and lyrical. You should...

The point of form is to have a design before you; sonneteers know exactly where they're going with their sonnet, and don't have to worry much about creating rhythm. The Iambic Pentameter does that...

Another thing you should look into is how Holmes' tastes in musc reflect his disposition: He hates Italian and French music, but enjoys that of Gremany.

Although there has been a decline in the production of quality fiction in the past few decades, I must agree with IWillKikU; just pick of a copy of The Strand before Arthur Conan Doyle was given his...

One particular literary quality that Hamlet has which no modern novel would dare project is a dodge at every turn. I.e., Is Ohpelia Hamlet's lover, or does she merely take pity on him, or is it...

Beautiful, dark, and true enough. I would however, like to see some punctuation.

To set aright a few comments, a sonnet always has fourteen lines in total (although this piece does sound like one), and verse without some sort of versification (the most common type of which is...

Too many periods, chap. Makes. The thing. Too. Abrupt.
Do you see my point?
Try using the semi-colon instead; a poem need flow just sa it needs form.

I too enjoyed your imagery, which was masterfully executed. I also found your short lines an excellent means of conveying energy, but found the line breaks in some instances awkward--watch out for...

Ah! Some fresh talent which was engendered in an unlikely place. True poetry is not something a man can properly define, but some things can be said. Foremost, you have a certain touch which gives...

I'm not quite sure, but Bertrand Russell did say something of the sort.

Let's not forget Ulysses, old boy.

Actually, the only book that statically rivals the bible in sales in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Mein Kamf, however, is not too far off. Although the original German edition is might notbe under...