Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
"Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling..."
From the show:
Fitzgerald's translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Why Paradise Lost matters, and In Our Time on John Milton
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
The Alde Valley Spring Festival
Music to wake up to – Just a Closer Walk With Thee by The Hillbilly Thomists
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Have a lovely day.
