Thursday, March 22, 2018

Evergreen …

In ‘Godsong,’ a New Poem That’s 2,000 Years Old. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)
Thoreau took it with him to Walden Pond. Himmler carried a copy in his pocket. Whitman supposedly kept his under his pillow as he lay dying. Gandhi declared it to be his guide — as did his assassin, Nathuram Godse, who carried it with him to the gallows.

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