Lanced Hearts of Lovers & Martyrs

I'm Eric, a young poet who seems to have been swept away in the Romantic Spirit of Beethoven's Symphonies, struck by the philosophies of Plato & the Poets' lyrics, burned for love like the martyrs of Rome, and can see an honest beauty in love & faith.

This blog is dedicated to my passions in Poetry, Literature, History, Philosophy, and Music, along with exploring the beauty and truth in the Christian faith-- how it rebels and transcends the ways of the world and burns it ablaze; preaches it's the Heart that counts, sings how Love endures, and that Truth is a beautiful Bride & hypocrisy a sin. It reveals that love is self-less, death is no end, and that there's no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends.

• Faith & Philosophy
• History (esp. 19th cen.-WWI)
• Poetry & Literature
• Catholicism

• Christ
• St. Justin Martyr
• Socrates
• Victor Hugo
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Richard Wagner

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"Reason directs those who are truly pious and philosophical to honour and love only what is true, declining to follow traditional opinions, if these be worthless."
-St. Justin Martyr

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  1. A midnight drive with Beethoven’s 9th.

     
     
  2. 201 plays

    Lara’s Theme (Doctor Zhivago) composed by Maurice Jarre

     
     
  3. The history of Man lies somewhere between these notes…

     
     
  4. —-All other things shall fade away
    But Love stands alone, still holds sway.
          All other things shall fade away, 
          into the ground, into the grave…

     
     
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  6. amseln:

Brünnhilde and SiegfriedArthur Rackham an illustration for Wagner’s Siegfried

    amseln:

    Brünnhilde and Siegfried
    Arthur Rackham 
    an illustration for Wagner’s Siegfried

     
     
  7. worldpaintings:

Caravaggio 
Detail of Amor Vincit Omnia, 1601–1602, oil on canvas, 156 × 113 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.

    worldpaintings:

    Caravaggio

    Detail of Amor Vincit Omnia, 1601–1602, oil on canvas, 156 × 113 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.