M. Bloch souffrait beaucoup des mensonges de son oncle
Young Bloch and his Homeric turn of phrase
From “À la Recherche du Temps Perdu”
Archives: Poems
Say not the trouble nought availeth
by Clough
Say not the trouble nought availeth
Optimism and self-help from this principled poet of the Victorian era
Aeneid Book 4 in Schiller's German translation, stanzas 125 - 128
Schiller describes the last of Dido
Aeneis 4, 67 - 72
Schiller tells of Dido’s anguish
Aeneid Book 2 in Schiller's German translation, stanzas 95 - 97
Schiller’s death of Priam
by Schiller
So, wahrlich, hielt’s mit seinem Feinde nicht
Schiller's translation of the death of Priam
Aeneid Book 10, lines 215 - 248
Sea-nymphs
by Virgil
Iamque dies caelo concesserat almaque curru
Aeneas's ships, transformed into sea-nymphs, warn him that the Trojans are in danger.
Troilus and Cressida, Act III Scene 3
Shakespeare eavesdrops on Odysseus and Achilles
by Shakespeare
I do believe it, for they pass'd by me
Ulysses suggests that celebrities cannot rest on their laurels.
Georgic 1, lines 351 - 392
Signs of bad weather
Odes 2.3
Some advice for Dellius
The Consolation of Philosophy 4. 6. lines 1 - 18
Some things never change
by Boethius
Si vis celsi tonantis iura pura sollers cernere mente
Boethius's reminder that some things never change