Horae Canonicae, or simply Horae are the canonical or appointed hours at which certain hymns and devotions, themselves termed Horae or Hours, are performed in Roman Catholic monasteries. Research Horae Canonicae
Philip Edward Thomas was a British poet and nature writer. He was born in 1878 at London and died in 1917 during the Great War. Educated at St Paul's School, and at Lincoln College, 0xford, in 1897 first book appeared. The Woodland Life, and he engaged in journalism and 1iterary work of varied nature. His volumes of essays include Horae Solitariae written in 1902; Rest and Unrest, written in 1910; and Light and Twilight written in 1911. Among his biographies are those of Richard Jefferies published in 1909; Swinburne published in1912; and Walter Pater published in 1913. He edited various works of natural history. His most distinctive work. however, is in verse, to which he turned only in his later years. Influenced by the American poet, Robert Frost, he produced two remarkable volumes of verse, Poems in 1917; and Last Poems published after his death in 1918; a collected edition of his poems was published in 1920. Research Edward Thomas
Irene was the Greek goddess of peace. She was sometimes regarded as one of the Horae, who presided over the seasons and the order of nature, and were the daughters of Zeus and Themis. Research Irene
In Greek mythology, Themis was a daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She was the Greek goddess of human rights, the personification of law and order, and presided over the oracle at Delphi before Apollo. The wife of Zeus before Hera, among her children by Zeus were the three Horae or Hours and the Fates. Research Themis
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