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
Month: December 2024
The Ruin of the Empire
“These wall-stones are wondrous —
calamities crumpled them, these city-sites crashed, the work of giants
corrupted. The roofs have rushed to earth, towers in ruins.”
– “The Ruin”, an Anglo-Saxon poem by an anonymous author