Posted in boy, Michelson, lost, blake on Oct 17th, 2008 Comments Off
Source: Romantic Circles
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Nought loves another as itself
Nor venerates another so,
Nor is it possible to thought
A greater than itself to know:
And Father, how can I love you,
Or any of my brothers more?
I love you like the little bird
That picks up crumbs around the door.
The Priest sat by and heard the child.
In trembling zeal he siez’d […]
Posted in professor, time, expertise, 1800, final, john, milton, cottage, distribute, parts, the, teach, paradise, wrote, lost, called, british, literature, General on Nov 9th, 2007 Comments Off
The John Milton Cottage, where Milton wrote the final parts of “Paradise Lost.”
From time to time, I teach a course called British Literature to 1800, usually with another professor or two so we can distribute expertise, keep the sections smaller, and do some tag-team lecturing at the Big Lecture Moments during the course. I’ve taught […]
Posted in cross, geo, turn, lovely, sunday, wash, bridge, northbound, bronx, missed, southbound, lost, moment, truck, son, piled, the, small, rear ender, marathon, driving, college, hampshire, General on Oct 17th, 2007 Comments Off
Just back from a driving marathon to take our son to Hampshire College for a College Day visit. Aside from a 2.5 hour wait to cross the Geo. Wash. Bridge northbound on Sunday, one brief lost moment in the Bronx (missed the southbound turn to the Geo. Wash. Bridge), and a lovely rear-ender when a […]