‘Quarantine’ comes from a French word referring to a 40-day period.
I have selected a range of 40 much-loved British poems. This is a small offering to those of you who spend much of the day at home. Continue reading
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‘Quarantine’ comes from a French word referring to a 40-day period.
I have selected a range of 40 much-loved British poems. This is a small offering to those of you who spend much of the day at home. Continue reading
You move your love beyond your normal reach,
and hug your life into an austere fast,
renounce what forms so old that others preach,
to take upon this challenge. Act at last!
Where you face daily the trials anew,
and devotion knows those torments to repair, Continue reading
Born in Prague, Rainer Maria Rilke became one of the finest European poets of the 20th century. He wrote in German and French. Continue reading