When you went / Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold / To carry into Flanders the great seal.

I could have spoken in blank verse of Shakesperian beauty, all sorts of great ideas flashed through my mind; it was as though the bonds of my flesh had been loosened and left the spirit free to soar to the empyrean of its native power.

NR's competition was opened to international entries in June, and the first of three phases was concluded in November with the shortlisting of five winners chosen from over 200 entries from 34 countries ….

a live coal […] taken with the tongs from off the altar