Tag Archives: Reading

Honore de Balzac: Ferragus. . .

Posted on 02/09/2014 by The Gentleman Poet

It is my hope that the few readers that my still happen my this defunct and lonely place might chance to see this truth bomb and spread it about.  It is an exceptional statement of the nature of woman from … Continue reading →

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Alexandre Dumas (pere). . .

Posted on 08/03/2013 by The Gentleman Poet

“Monsieur!” said the young woman, supplicating him, and clasping her hands together; “monsieur, in the name of heaven, by the name of a soldier, by the courtesy of a gentleman depart–there–there is midnight striking–that is the hour at which I … Continue reading →

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The Lays Of Ancient Rome. . .

Posted on 05/27/2013 by The Gentleman Poet

Never enough time. . . Now by your children’s cradles, now by your father’s graves, Be men today, Quirites, or be forever slaves! For this did Servius give us laws? For this did Lucrece bleed? For this was the great … Continue reading →

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Heroism – R W Emerson

Posted on 03/26/2013 by The Gentleman Poet

Were I still in a place to spend countless hours before a computer screen these wisps would be delivered with sustained regularity like fascist trains, yet I am not so they come as they come. Whenever I find myself nose … Continue reading →

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Manospherian Advice and Classic Literature

Posted on 01/19/2013 by The Gentleman Poet

Though, as of the moment, this poet lacks the hours required for a robust reentry into full time Manospheria, a snippet of advice came under my notice while reading this afternoon.  I cannot in good conscience refrain from passing it … Continue reading →

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Aeschylus: Agamemnon; Or The Aesthetic Repudiation Of Hypergamy

Posted on 09/05/2012 by The Gentleman Poet

To heaven, O Queen, will I upraise new song; But, wouldst though speak once more, I fain would hear From first to last the marvel of the tale. . . A gracious word the woman’s lips have told, Worthy a … Continue reading →

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La Boetie: Not Spanish For The Bowtie

Posted on 08/15/2012 by The Gentleman Poet

The week’s reading comes partially as a response to rereading Civil Disobedience and the thoughts that came with that and in part while those were steeping reading a series of articles at The Left Half: Here, Here, and now Here. … Continue reading →

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Of A Reading Delayed

Posted on 08/14/2012 by The Gentleman Poet

75% completed and clipping along when all of a moment without any notice. . . a grayed out screen.  Not Responding. Program shut down. . . fuck. I work as a designer; I know better. When I am doing paid … Continue reading →

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