Poem of the day
At A Solemn Musick
by John Milton
Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'ns joy,
Sphear-born harmonious Sisters, Voice, and Vers,
Wed your divine sounds, and mixt power employ
Dead things with inbreath'd sense able to pierce,
And to our high-rais'd phantasie present,
That undisturbed Song of pure content,
Ay sung before the saphire-colour'd throne
To him that sits theron
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Births on this day in history
- 03/05/1953 - Katarina Frostenson - Swedish poet and author
- 03/05/1901 - Julian Przyboś - Polish poet
- 03/05/1800 - Georg Friedrich Daumer - German poet and philosopher (d. 1875)
- 03/05/1703 - Vasily Trediakovsky - Russian poet and playwright (d. 1768)
Deaths on this day in history
- 03/05/2014 - Leopoldo María Panero - Spanish poet and translator (b. 1948)
- 03/05/1966 - Anna Akhmatova - Ukrainian-Russian poet
- 03/05/1950 - Edgar Lee Masters - American poet
- 03/05/1944 - Max Jacob - French poet and author (b. 1876)