In Robert Fagles’ translation of Vergil, Aeneas,contemplating the Trojan War cries out, “Theworld is a world of tears, and the burdens ofmortality to touch the heart.”Laura Brylawski-Miller intuits the lacrimaererum, the tears in things throughout her poetry,
and it is not only a result of the classic educationshe received in her native Italy, but aguiding insight that directs her view of the world,
the shape of her soul. Like the Buddha ofSokkuram, she is stunned by the suffering...
In Robert Fagles’ translation of Vergil, Aeneas,contemplating the Trojan War cries out, “Theworld is a...
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