One final piece of Latin - I happened to notice that I hadn't posted this one when I did it, which is silly, because it's the one with the most Latinitas of the three, and also I did it first. "The Roman Centurion's Song," by Rudyard Kipling:
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Horologiarii Discipulus
Another translation! This one's "The Watchmaker's Apprentice," which wound up being v. difficult to translate, what with all of the references to clockwork and springs.
Monday, 20 April 2015
Ludi cum Amici Boni
A latinization of "Pastime with Good Company," by Henricus Octavus, ab Gratia Dei, Rex Angliae, Galliae, et Dominus Hiberniae. Yes, I translated his titles as well, just for show.
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
A Sonnet for Books
A sonnet which I wrote for the library's open-mic next week. I have no ear for iambic pentameter, so I'm just going to hope that I got that right.
Monday, 14 July 2014
Thursday, 29 May 2014
A Very Brief History of the British Empire
I wrote this essay in response to a question somebody asked on Tumblr. The state of education these days...
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Ultor Victorianus
And here's the other one, which might be considered a dark counterpart to the first: Abney Park's Victorian Vigilante, now called Ultor Victorianus.
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