Archive - Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Excerpt from "The Wanderer"

What's it like to ramble among human beings? What kinds of wonderful things might you encounter?

18 hrs ago •

9:15

When on My Day of Life the Night has Fallen

A hymn about the life you long for, at the journey's end, by one of the kindliest of American poets, John Greenleaf Whittier.

Aug 19 •

What's the best place in the world to go when you're a kid, and not so bad either when you're grown up?

Aug 18 •

6:14

Today's song predates the Civil War and is utterly human and entirely charming -- in a blues sort of way.

Aug 16 •

A Voyage to Lilliput, conclusion

Gulliver escapes from Lilliput, after he's accused of CAPITAL crimes! Politics may change, Swift would say, but envy and ambition don't.

Aug 15 •

36:06

Les Miserables (1952)

Would you steal a loaf of bread to feed seven starving children? That small act is at the heart of today's film.

Aug 14 •

Dante rises to the lowest star

Food for the soul -- real bread -- from the greatest of all Florentines, and that's saying something!

Aug 13 •

7:44

Panis Angelicus

In Paris stands a monument to Cesar Franck, composer of the best-known melody to our Hymn of the Week, Panis Angelicus.

Aug 12 •

On the Staff of Life, Babylonian brewers, wafers cooked with honey, loaf-guards, Bethlehem, Mr. Lucci's truck, and the true Bread from Heaven

Aug 11 •

7:09

"Because of You"

When it came to expressing emotion in song, Tony Bennett was among the very best of the best!

Aug 9 •

Gulliver's Travels: A Voyage to Lilliput (chapter 6)

Time for the laws of Lilliput, and guess what? They're wise and shrewd, if only they were still in force!

Aug 8 •

29:22

Three Came Home (1950)

A film about the unshakeable love of man and wife, triumphing over separation and suffering and war.

Aug 7 •

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