On the eighteenth and twentieth day of the month, it is the feast of Saint Christopher, the great martyr. Christopher came from a nation where men have dog heads, and from a land where men eat themselves. He had a dog's …
Then Emperor Decius sent soldiers to Christopher; he said that if Christopher would not come to him, then the soldiers should slay him and bring his head so that he might see what kind of a dog’s head it was. When the so…
On the eighteenth and twentieth day of the month, it is the time of suffering for Saint Christopher, that great martyr. Christopher came from a people where men have dog heads, and from a land where men eat themselves. H…
*This simile, "my hart as a spitfire," highlights the intense warmth and excitement the narrator feels about Christmas, using the image of a burning coal to convey the depth of their emotion. The rhetorical device of ana…
So the day went on, with such a festive display as the people did set up, from dawn to dusk, from feast to feast, with one piece of the play and another, so that time sped more like a swallow in July than snow in January…
And then, I remembered that it was also the custom to bestow gifts upon those who desired them, as it proceeded from the goodness of one's heart. So, with my words in my mouth and my hand in my purse, I went directly to …
As I lay in my bed, the frost upon the window, spoke no more of cold, for the thought of Christmas warmed my heart like a spitfire (a hot coal on a spit), so that it did not fail to pierce the glass. And thus, my heart b…
In the year of our Lord one thousand two hundred and sixty, when the sun no longer grows hot and the sun turns its shine to the south, the feast of Christmas comes with joyful hearts and a will to welcome the new year. I…
i remember listening to k. by cigarettes after sex with milene while on jam basically and i remembr she started tying the lyrics in our message chat on whatsapp- as one does and i obviously sang along well over text that…
Lo! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in days of yore, the kings of the people, how those noble ones performed deeds of valor. Often Scyld Scefing took away mead-benches from enemy hosts, many a troop; he ter…
Take and boil mussels; pick them clean, and wash them well in wine. Take almonds and grind them. Take some of the mussels and grind them, and some chop small; draw the ground mussels with the same broth. Wring the almond…
In the nun's manner, who bathed the sinner
Indeed, on certain days it happened that a nun from that same monastery of the women went into the garden. Then she saw a wicked being. She desired him and took him and forgot t…
We will proceed no further in this business: he hath honour’d me of late; and I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, not cast aside so soon.
Was the hope d…