I launch at paradise, and I sail towards home;

The course I there began shall here be stayed,

Sails hoisted there, struck here, and anchors laid;

For the great soul which here amongst us now

Doth dwell, and moves that hand, and tongue, and brow...

This soul, to whom Luther and Mohammed were

Prisons of flesh; this soul which oft did tear

And mend the cracks of the Empire and late Rome,

And lived when every great change did come,

Had first in paradise, a low, but fatal room.

From 'The Progress of the Soul' by John Donne 1573-1631

About the Author

D. Eric Maikranz lived in Italy where he authored two Italian travel guides: Insider’s Rome and Insider’s Venice and was a correspondent for UPI. A former writer for the Denver Post, he studied Russian Literature at the University of Colorado. He lives with his wife Desiree in Denver Colorado.

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