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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Anonymous (XIVc)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Anonymous (XIVc)

Source: www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/English/GawainAndTheGreenKnight.htm#_Toc178583491   90   ‘Gawain,’ quoth the green man, ‘God may you guard! Indeed you are welcome, knight, to my place, and you have timed your travel as true man should. And …

 

The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot (1922)

The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot (1922)

I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us …

 

“Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard”, Mallarmé (1897)

“Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard”, Mallarmé (1897)

  Mallarmé’s Preface of 1897 ‘I would prefer that this Note was not read, or, skimmed, was …