"Lachrimae Antiquae Novae" by Geoffrey Hill

Soundtrack to this episodeNote: My use of the phrase "men without chests" and Matthew's were completely coincidental! Text of poem:Lachrimae Antiquae NovaeCrucified Lord, so naked to the world,you live unseen within that nakedness,consigned by proxy to the judas-kissof our devotion, bowed beneath the gold,with re-enactments, penances foretold:scentings of love across a wildernessof retrospection, wild and objectlesslongings incarnate in the carnal child.Beautiful for themselves the icons fade;the lions and the hermits disappear.Triumphalism feasts on empty dread,fulfilling triumphs of the festal year.We find you wounded by the token spear.Dominion is swallowed with your blood.Topics discussed:Subscribe to Versecraft on Substack!The SLEERICKETS Geoffrey Hill episode-Poetic accessibility, pro and contra-John Dowland's "Lachrimae"-My episode on Eliot's East Coker IV-Choriambs??-Scansion vs. delivery-Hill's vorticism-John Henry Newman's "illative sense" -The Wordsworthian cult of the child-Plato's "Meno" dialogue-Childhood neuroplasticity-Psychedelic rewiring of the brain (see Pollan's "How to Change Your Mind")-The Anglican tension-"The Abolition of Man" by C.S. Lewis-Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene"-Old tears renewedSupport the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)