A Clerk of Oxford

Specifically, of Magdalen College. This is Addison's Walk, where Lewis and Tolkien walked together. Magdalen herself.

Lo dì che han detto a' dolci amici addio. - Dante Amor, con quanto sforzo oggi mi vinci! - Petrarca Come back to me, who wait and watch ...

I went on holiday, and came back again, and this poem was stuck in my head all the time. Sonnet LXI, by Michael Drayton Since there's no...

Amor, che ne la mente mi ragiona. - Dante Amor vien nel bel viso di costei. - Petrarca If there be any one can take my place And make you h...

Quomodo se habet homo? How should man be considered? Also þe lanterne in þe wynd þat sone is aqueynt, Ase sparkle in þe se þat sone is adrey...

The Collect for this week, the fourth after Trinity, is one of my favourites: O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom n...

So I guess I'm just going to end up posting every single poem from Monna Innominata , one by one and in random order. O dignitosa coscie...