Summer is icumin in– Lhude sing, cuccu! Groweth sed and bloweth med [blows mead] And springth the wude nu. … More
Tag: lyric
192. (Mary Sidney)
Renaissance translations of the Psalms are maybe the closest English poetry comes to what we encounter in the religious paintings … More
180. (Anna Akhmatova)
Even in translations, her poems can seem such perfect instances of lyric utterance–the anchoring “I,” the impress, profound, suffocating at … More
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