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Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare
Following the big news about the finding of the body of Richard III the other day, this sonnet came to mind today as I was casting about for what to post for this week's Wednesday with the Bard. It seems a good fit for poor Richard Plantagenet, who was portrayed as such a broken, evil man by Shakespeare (who was, after all, writing the play to ( Read more... ) -
When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was completely enthralled by Maud Gonne, as I've mentioned before. In many ways, she was his muse. She inspired one of the poems that I've posted twice now, Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. Here's another of the poems he wrote for Maud, based on his (largely) unrequited love. And because any day with Matthew Macfadyen's ( Read more... )
