John Milton's "When I consider how my light is spent"

John Milton's "When I consider how my light i...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Grief”

Today’s poem, pitting Victorian stoicism against Victorian sentimentality, contends that the truest grief is the most austere and long-lived. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit daily ...  Show more

Wendell Berry’s “Testament”

Composed in 1971 as a self-eulogy, today’s poem is a remembrance of Wendell Berry who embarked for the greater Port Royal yesterday at the age of 92. May his memory be eternal. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus e ...  Show more