Siris

Introduction Opening Passages: From Tarzan of the Apes : I heard this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any ot...

In the Gothic "Duomo" of Milan by Ruby Archer Come, chastened light, thou spirit of the sun! Come, wander where eternal prayer...

Milan Cathedral by Herman Melville Through light green haze, a rolling sea Over gardens where redundance flows, The fat old plain of...

On Friday we went to Milan, about a three hour ride by high-speed rail. Mediolanum is an old city, with a very long history. It was settle...

Milan Cathedral by John Ruskin The heat of summer day is sped ; On far Mont Rose the sun is red ; And mark you Milan's marble pile ...

At last, a forest of graceful needles, shimmering in the amber sunlight, rose slowly above the pygmy housetops, as one sometimes sees, in th...

(The second is based on a rare version of the apocryphal Psalm 151.) Vale Elusive is the vale, an evening-colored petal quivering in v...