Siris

 Sonnet -- October by William Cullen Bryant Ay, thou art welcome, heaven's delicious breath! When woods begin to wear the crimson leaf,...

 I've always been really taken with Thomas Aquinas's account of the four cardinal virtues, which I think is actually quite brilliant...

 Wave Song I, worried, watched and wondered at the washing of the wave; the sands were ever-changing where the children splashed and walked....

Cheerfulness Taught by Reason by Elizabeth Barrett Browning  I think we are too ready with complaint In this fair world of God's. Had we...

 I found this article by Judith Levine arguing for reconceiving abortion as a public good interesting. The quality of the argument is not p...

 October is a good month for reading ghost stories, and this year I am reading a lot of Scandinavian literature, so let's combine the tw...

 Introduction Opening Passage: Ships at a distance carry every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they...