Dear Readers: For our Friday special, taking our cue from happy, the Word of the Week, I’m reading the first two chapters of Samuel Johnson’s wise and wonderful fable on the nature of happiness — Rasselas, so named for the Prince of Abyssinia, who lives in what’s called the Happy Valley. It’s at the wellsprings of the Nile River, enclosed by high mount…
Poetry Aloud
Rasselas
Rasselas
Samuel Johnson, 1759
Poetry Aloud
Poetry Aloud will help you learn how to read poetry with your ears. Unlike children with bad table manners, poetry is meant to be heard and not just seen. Join Anthony Esolen every other week (or so) as he introduces and discusses a longish poem and then reads it aloud.
Poetry Aloud will help you learn how to read poetry with your ears. Unlike children with bad table manners, poetry is meant to be heard and not just seen. Join Anthony Esolen every other week (or so) as he introduces and discusses a longish poem and then reads it aloud. 
