
The Cross of Snow http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/longfellow/19251 (1879).
"Romance in the Night"
The Cross of Snow http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/longfellow/19251 (1879).
No. 163: On his discovery of Finnish language, in a letter to W. H. Auden (1955)
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981)
“Shored Against My Ruins,” The Southeast Review, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2013)
2010-
“Nun 2: (Very quietly) Sir, be grateful for the music. Most of us die in silence.”
The Baby of Mâcon
Forge of Darkness (2013)
Context: It is the legacy of most intelligent beings to revel in slaughter for a time,' Haut replied. 'In this we play at being gods. In this, we lie to ourselves with delusions of omnipotence. There is but one measure to the wisdom of a people, and that is the staying hand. Fail in restraint and murder thrives in your eyes, and all your claims to civilization ring hollow.