Saturday, March 28, 2015

Land of Saints and Scholars 2



And now for....THE SCHOLARS!






Jonathan Swift -1667 -1745

Remember Gulliver's Travels?



W,B. Yeats 1865-1939
How I love his poems, Lake Isle of Innisfree and The Stolen Child!

Oscar Wilde - 1854-1900

He wrote my favorite giant story ever- The Selfish Giant.
C.S. Lewis - 1898-1963

Thank you, Mr. Lewis, for the wonder of Narnia and Aslan!
Seamus Heaney -1939-2013

The beloved Nobel Laureate whose last words were
"Noli Timere" (Latin for Do not be afraid!) - which is really what all great stories tell us - that GOOD will triumph - and so, we do not need to fear!

And we have St. Patrick to thank for all these learned and beloved Irish scholars!










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