Rapture of schoolmarms,
currency systems, and a
shower of safety glass:
I like to discover dis-
tinctions, don't you a-
gree? Not cut myself on
an arbitrary intrusion.
I like to discover dis-
tinctions, don't you a-
gree? Not cut myself on
an arbitrary intrusion.
I see a valley of moist Montale plus myself plus George Herbert.
Wait here. Stay alert.
When the red apples are ready on
the trees,
Don't you feel like saying,
"Apples, please .."
Time and again, a light will
elicit respect for a border
shaped by nature - which, e-
ven in error of application,
is unforgettably worth pursu-
ing. For this I am grateful:
He was no democrat, no pacif-
ist, no martyr (if these are
pure professions); and the in-
tellectual clarity he achieved
was the clarity not of suffer-
ing but of disillusion. But
truth is independent of the
stimulus that has provoked its
discovery, and the conditions
that have guided its expression.
elicit respect for a border
shaped by nature - which, e-
ven in error of application,
is unforgettably worth pursu-
ing. For this I am grateful:
He was no democrat, no pacif-
ist, no martyr (if these are
pure professions); and the in-
tellectual clarity he achieved
was the clarity not of suffer-
ing but of disillusion. But
truth is independent of the
stimulus that has provoked its
discovery, and the conditions
that have guided its expression.
Frederick Seidel
Sweet Day, So Cool,
So Calm, So Bright
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Student [Fellow] of
Christ Church, Oxford
The Last Days of Hitler
i: Hitler and his Court
op. cit.
Student [Fellow] of
Christ Church, Oxford
The Last Days of Hitler
i: Hitler and his Court
op. cit.
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