Prester John
“Put not your trust in princes: in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.”
– Psalms 145:2-3
Category: Poems
The Temptation
“This fraud of Sinon, his accomplished lying,
Won us over; a tall tale and fake tears
Had captured us, whom neither Diomedes
Nor Larisean Achilles overpowered,
Nor ten long years, nor all their thousand ships.”
– Aeneid II. 268-272 (trans. by Fitzgerald).
Seductress of the Screen
“Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.”
– Ecclesiasticus 9:3
The Hands of Christ
“Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased, and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.”
– Mark 10:14
Stupor Mundi
“When the Judge His seat shall gain,
All that’s hidden shall be plain,
Nothing shall unjudged remain.”
– Excerpt from the “Dies Irae”
A Whisper’s Thought
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.” – John 14:27