Apollo and Daphne – David Hurley In Japan

Quid ad me? A Poem Addressed to (Daphne in) a Laurel Tree, to Aphrodite, to Beauty & Immortality.

November 28, 2010 Patrick Forse 0

What is it to me oh laurel tree if, before the gaze of the fishermen who fish the Aegean sea it was your bark that bit into the body of Peneus’ lovely daughter, of naked Daphne as she ran through Thessaly as if to flee from the glory of God [Read more…]

Monday 6th September 2010

September 7, 2010 David Hurley 0

A special delivery this morning. The Folio Society’s limited edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated by Sir Arthur Golding. The volume is a hefty 13″ x 9¾”, about the size and weight of a family Bible. It is bound in Nigerian goatskin leather, blocked in gold with a design on the [Read more…]