What is more wondrous and expressive of spring’s energetic regeneration than a lovely verse and exquisite painting? Her name means Beautiful Moon. But to this fair Belphoebe in her Birth The Heavens so favourable were and free, Looking with mild Aspect upon the Earth, In th’ Horoscope of her Nativity, That all the Gifts of… Continue reading Fae Friday: Spenser’s Belphoebe
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Mythic Monday: Thomas the Rhymer by Flossie Benton Rogers
Now that we’re properly besotted with Outlander the television series as well as Diana Gabaldon’s books, it’s time for a little excursion into Scotland. Born in 1220 in Ercel’s Down, Scotland, the man who came to be known as Thomas the Rhymer was both a poet and a seer. His power of prophecy came from… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Thomas the Rhymer by Flossie Benton Rogers