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You could, for mental exercise, do worseThan work the puzzle of a universeThat kindly took the trouble to exist:Of mysteries, it’s said, the mightiest. Which isn’t to suggest you...

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...

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...