George Turberville, “To his Love that sent him a Ring wherein was gravde, Let Reason rule”

Shall Reason rule where Reason hath no right?
Nor ever had? shall Cupid loose his landes?
His claim? his crown? his kingdome? name of might
And yeeld himselfe to be in Reasons bandes?
No, (Friend) thy Ring doth wil me thus in vaine,
Reason and Love have ever yet beene twaine.
     They are by kinde of such contrarie mould
As one mislikes the others lewde devise,
What Reason willes Cupido never would, 
Love never yet thought Reason to be wise.
To Cupid I my homage earst have donne,
Let Reason rule the harts that she hath wonne.

George Turberville, 1544-1597 – “To his Love that sent him a Ring wherein was gravde, Let Reason rule” from The Penguin Book of English Verse

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#209 – Being a Jew in 1900, Being a Jew Now – Human Voices Wake Us

An episode from 12/15/25: Tonight, I read from Irving Howe’s World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made. In light of the events in Australia yesterday, I take the time not just to talk about what it meant to be a Jewish immigrant to America around the year 1900, but what it means to me to be a Jew right now.The best way to support the podcast is by leaving a review on Apple or Spotify, sharing it with others, or sending me a note on what you think. You can also order any of my books: Time and the River: From Columbine to the Invention of Fire, due out next year, is now available for preorder. Other books include Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone. I've also edited a handful of books in the S4N Pocket Poems series.Email me at humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com.
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