Word of the Day

Alas, that now no more/ The arm-chair or the pulpit will be filled / With that kind presence--keen attention thrilled / By tales of "men and cities," or the lore / Of those book-depths from which thou knew'st so well / To mix for mind and heart an oenomel. Samuel John Stone, "Frederick Arnold," The Guardian, October 28, 1891

So, to come back to the drinking / Of this Cyprus, -- it is well, / But those memories, to my thinking, / Make a better oenomel ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "Wine of Cyprus," Poems, 1844