A Flower
“He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is…”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Category: Poems
Jacques de Molay
“The life offered me on such infamous terms I abandon without regret.”
– Jacques de Molay
Light and Darkness
“I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
– John 8:12
Why Are They So Devoid of Eloquence?
“The fool hath said in his heart: There is no God. They are corrupt, and are become abominable in their ways: there is none that doth good, no not one.”
– Psalms 13:1
A Lament For Lost Fragments
“Those who seek gold dig up much earth but find little.”
– Heraclitus, (Fragment B22)
The Death of Saint Louis IX
“Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.”
– Psalms 30:6
Moralists Without Morals
“I would fain flee to Sarmatia and the frozen Sea when people who ape the Curii and live like Bacchanals dare talk about morals.”
– Juvenal, Satire II
To Her Refuge I Fly
“Grace is like a paradise in blessings, and mercy remaineth for ever.”
– Ecclesiasticus 40:17
Upon A Picture of My Grandfather, Taken at Montevergine
“The Faith is Europe and Europe is the Faith.”
– Hillaire Belloc