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Edward Thomas was a British poet, nature writer and literary critic. Born in London in 1878, he was educated at Oxford, and first started his writing career as a book reviewer and prose writer; he turned to poetry much later in life, greatly encouraged by one of his closest friends, the famous American poet Robert …
At the very beginning of this yearโs Lenten season, weโre going to read a short poem by Christina Rossetti (1830โ1894), the celebrated English poet and writer of devotional literature. Her two-part poem โAsh Wednesdayโ brings into focus the meaning of this important day in the church calendar. The poem is simple, but it's not exactly …
John Henry Newman was one of the intellectual giants of the Victorian era. Born in London in 1801, he led a long life filled with intellectual curiosity and deep concern with matters of faith. Originally an Anglican priest and theologian based in Oxford, he famously converted to Roman Catholicism in 1845, continuing his ministry as a …
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A while ago I posted a lengthy grammar article about the conditional sentences in English, and in this post weโll read a poem by Rudyard Kipling that can be used to illustrate conditional clauses. It has some great vocabulary, too. (Not to mention lofty ideas!) Rudyard and John Kipling Titled โIfโโ, Kipling wrote this poem …
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