Guledagudda A strange couplet quoted by Kerouac and ascribed to Mountain Man Jim Bridger: “I saw a petrified bird in a petrified tree, Singing his petrified song.” It reminds me of the parody of Vergil – the complete text of which I cannot find – by Charles Perrault. It is quoted by Dostoevsky in the The […]
Tag Archives: Aeneid
Petrified Song.
01-Feb-11Vergilmas.
15-Oct-09Born on the Ides of October, 70 B.C. Happy 2,078th birthday, Mr. Maro. I was surprised and impressed to hear several students at Wyoming Catholic College cite the Aeneid as their favorite of all the books they had read at college. He is the poets’ poet, but this rarely happens with people who read Vergil […]
On Queen Elizabeth and Aeneas
12-Sep-22Luohe Reading all the tributes to Queen Elizabeth that have appeared in the past months – I do love appreciation, and when people are appreciated by other people – I was struck by how old a playbook she seemed to be ruling from. It’s an ancient ideal of leadership, and from the ancient world the most […]