Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
"Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling..."
From the show:
Fitzgerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Why Paradise Lost matters, and In Our Time on John Milton
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
The Alde Valley Spring Festival
Music to wake up to – Just a Closer Walk With Thee by The Hillbilly Thomists
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15th April, 2020 – I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
14th April, 2020 – The Tuft of Flowers
13th April, 2020 – Trees
10th April, 2020 – Love, iii
9th April, 2020 – Adlestrop
8th April, 2020 – The Tyger
7th April, 2020 – The Lambs of Grasmere
6th April, 2020 – 'Hope' is the thing with feathers
3rd April, 2020 – Home Thoughts, From Abroad
2nd April, 2020 – The Trees
1st April, 2020 – Upon Westminster Bridge
31st March, 2020 – The Sun Rising
30th March, 2020 – Spring
27th March, 2020 – On A Lane In Spring
26th March, 2020 – On His Blindness
25th March, 2020 – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
24th March, 2020 – Seaside Golf
23rd March, 2020 – Lockdown
22nd March, 2020 – The Bright Field
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