St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

Sick as a dog. Cancelled vestry meeting last night. Cancelling lots of meetings today. Still, have plenty of work to do. I made chicken soup for myself (this is the consequence of being a bachelor).

I received A.E. Stalling's book Hapax, the other day. A magnificent book.

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Antiblurb

This is not necessary. This is neither
Crucial nor salvation. It is no hymn
To harmonize the choirs of seraphim,
Nor any generation's bold bellwether
Leading the flock, no iridescent feather
Dropped from the Muse's wing. It does not limn,
Or speak in tongues, or voice the mute, or dim
Outmoded theories with its fireworks. Rather

This is flawed and mortal, and its stains
Bear the evidence of taking pains.
It did not have to happen, won't illumine
The smirch of history, the future's omen.
Necessity is merely what sustains --
It's what we do not need that makes us human.