“Mercy” from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. ORIGINAL TEXT AND AUDIO - 2017 Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora on this date in 1525. Their marriage was scandalous at that time, because Luther was a former monk, and his betrothed was a former nun. They met when Katharina — along with 11 of her fellow nuns — hid in a wagon to escape their convent; they ended up in Wittenberg, under Luther’s protection. Katharina was vivacious and intelligent, and soon had her share of suitors, but she declared that she would only marry Luther or his friend Nikolaus von Amsdorf. Many people — including Luther himself — were worried that it would reflect badly on the fledgling Protestant Reformation. In the end, Luther decided that there was “a battery of reason in favor of his proposal: his marriage would please his father, rile the pope, cause the angels to laugh and the devils to weep.”
As it is the anniversary of the birth of W.B. Yeats, you may be interested to learn that the cello I have performed on for the last several years was purchased for Yeats’ granddaughter Sile Yeats, and came from an estate sale organized by her sister, Caitriona Yeats, a harpist formerly with the Milwaukee Symphony and the Danish National Symphony. - Jeffrey Solow
As it is the anniversary of the birth of W.B. Yeats, you may be interested to learn that the cello I have performed on for the last several years was purchased for Yeats’ granddaughter Sile Yeats, and came from an estate sale organized by her sister, Caitriona Yeats, a harpist formerly with the Milwaukee Symphony and the Danish National Symphony. - Jeffrey Solow
Were you a Jew, the name and life history of Martin Luther could not be spoken of without reference to the cruelty he inspired.
Yeats held a life-long hatred towards Wilfred Owens. Yeats isn't worth discussing.