Category Poetry
Be Drunk
One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters; That’s our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time’s Horrible burden that breaks your shoulders and bows You own, you must get drunk without ceasing. But what with? With wine, with poetry, or with Virtue, as you choose. But get drunk. And if, […]
Thermopylae/Θερμοπύλες
Translation Honor to those who in their lives have defined and guard their Thermopylae. Never stirring from duty; just and upright in all their deeds, yet with pity and compassion too; generous when they are rich, and when they are poor, again a little generous, again helping as much as they can; always speaking the […]
Ithaka
As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit […]
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