Status Updates From Some Permanent Things

Really good section II of, "Some Maxims for Samuel Sewall."

"To shut off agitation in the heart
Is much neglected now; we'd rather start
Confessing for the sudden fame it brings.
The balance of the wise is merely art,"

One that I will be re-reading, "From The Trembling of the Veil"...

"Lionel Johnson:
The other day, my hunger for and trust in
Authority led me to read Augustine."

How can you go wrong with a start like that!?! :)

I really liked a "Verse Letter to John." Feels like my contemporary.

"And you, my mother, the Rosetta stone, the messenger, are no iconic paint fading upon the wall. You are the one who takes the imaginary child inside the imaginary chapel, showing him the sequence of small frescoes; teaching him to read the story, make it part of him."
Good stuff!!

Challenging words in, "Verse Letter to My Father."

Love the poem, "A Prayer for Olivia Grace." I read it for the first time the day of the March for Life.

I'm actually reading the second edition, but it isn't shown on Good Reads.