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Mystery
You could, for mental exercise, do worse Than work the puzzle of a universe That kindly took the trouble to exist: Of mysteries, it’s said, the mightiest. Which isn’t...
Christ Crowned with Thorns
To really hear what I’m about to sayIs probably impossible apartFrom taking in the painting at its heart.From reeling, in the process, at the wayThe blood, beyond its trickling...
In a Church in Venice
Its marble floor includes a graven granite slab: Monteverdi’s. I mention this not to tell you he’s gone” already old news when Bach was still a gleam in the...
