EPISODE · Dec 28, 2023 · 5 MIN
”Journey of the Magi,” by T. S.Eliot
from Simple Gifts · host John and Jenny Wise
One of my favorite Ariel poems of Eliot. I read this at my father's funeral in 1995, and have since committed it to memory. It contains what is perhaps the most powerful self-conscious understatement in all of literature, when the wise men arrive at the Christ-child's position: And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory. Satisfactory, indeed. May each and every one of us find that satisfaction in Christ in this new year of 2022 and ever afterward! If you'd like to support us, donate through Paypal at [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/c/TheChristianAtheist/featured https://www.facebook.com/JnJWiseWords https://wisewordsforyouroccasion.wordpress.com #poem #poetry #verse #literature #aestheticliterature #aesthetic #rhythmic #phonaesthetics #soundsymbolism #metre #prosaic #literarycomposition #poet #ambiguity #symbolism #irony #poeticdiction #muse #prosody #meter #metricalpatterns #rhymescheme #tseliot #eliot #journeyofthemagi #satisfactory #christmas #nativity #birthofchrist
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One of my favorite Ariel poems of Eliot. I read this at my father’s funeral in 1995, and have since committed it to memory. It contains what is perhaps the most powerful self-conscious understatement in all of literature, when the wise men arrive at the Christ-child’s position: And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory. Satisfactory, indeed. May each and every one of us find that satisfaction in Christ in this new year of 2022 and ever afterward! If you’d like to support us, donate through Paypal at [email protected]
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