{"id":1879,"date":"2012-10-19T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlydias.org\/blog\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2012-10-19T13:37:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T17:37:10","slug":"from-dante-etudes-book-one-we-will-endeavor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/from-dante-etudes-book-one-we-will-endeavor\/","title":{"rendered":"from Dante \u00c9tudes, Book One: We Will Endeavor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"poem-top\">\n<p>BY\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/bio\/robert-duncan\">ROBERT DUNCAN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"poem\">\n<div>\n<div>[<em>De Vulgari Eloquentia<\/em>, I,I]<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe will endeavor,<\/div>\n<div>the word aiding us from Heaven,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to be of service<\/div>\n<div>to the vernacular speech\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014from \u201cHeaven\u201d these<\/div>\n<div>\u201cdraughts of the sweetest\u00a0\u00a0 honey-milk\u201d,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>si dolcemente<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>from the language we first heard<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 endearments \u00a0\u00a0 whisperings<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 infant song and revery<\/div>\n<div>a world we wanted\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to go out into,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to come to ourselves\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 into,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 organizations in the sound of them<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 verging upon meaning,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 upon \u201cHeaven\u201d,<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hermetic talk<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 into which my range of understandings<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 was to grow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for love of it<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 portents<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and adults expounding<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 controversial doctrines, personal<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 science fictions and<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rules of order,<\/div>\n<div>but our own<\/div>\n<div>\u201cis that which we acquire without<\/div>\n<div>any rule\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for love of it<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cimitating our nurses\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em>Read at St. Lydia&#8217;s on October 14, 2012<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY\u00a0ROBERT DUNCAN [De Vulgari Eloquentia, I,I] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe will endeavor, the word aiding us from Heaven, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to be of service to the vernacular speech\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014from \u201cHeaven\u201d these \u201cdraughts of the sweetest\u00a0\u00a0 honey-milk\u201d, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0si dolcemente from the language we first heard \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 endearments \u00a0\u00a0 whisperings \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 infant song and revery a world we wanted\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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