FACT OF THE DAY:
“The End of the Wine” is a poem published in Punch on 12/3/47; a revised version called “The Last of the Wine” is in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In this world everything is upside down. That which, if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.”
Beyond the Bright Blur
(Published 12/25/1963; chapter 17 of Letters to Malcolm)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When this month (in what year) did Lewis write what essay that was related to one of his fictional works?
TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: Less than THREE years (summer ’48 to spring ’51)