https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39566 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:52:38 GMT 2026-06-27T13:52:38Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39736 Title: The ransom of the peasants : a dramatic poem in five acts : act 3 Abstract: The Summer of the year 1428. The sun has just set behind the cottage of old Matti, which can still be seen among a few trees and appears veiled with grief which through poverty and misery has fallen upon it. No longer is the lewing of beasts to be heard in the cattle-shed. Beyond the farm-walls all is stripped bare, and bewailes the past. Between the trees in the distant fields, a plot sewn with a little barley is visible, nearly trampled down for the peasant has bad no heart for reaping. The cumin- grass still waves alone but its perfume is no longer noticeable. Of the terrace-plants all are gone except the basil which is nearly dried up with thirst. The evening breeze does not stir a leaf but, from the threshing- floor, there rises a kind of black dust to cover all. In the stillness only one sound is heard - the twittering of the bird which goes alone towards the nest-hole in the eaves and hides itself from the growing dusk. Description: Translated by May Butcher from the Maltese original. Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39736 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39735 Title: The Muse Abroad [poems] Abstract: Selected poems written by J. Aquilina: Oh England; Gozo; Devil's Effigy; To The Muse; The Dream; Just A Question; Hippies; Academic Freedom; Apollo XI; America; In Vienna; The Life-Giver; Obituary; Time; Czechoslovakia; Painting; Munich Festival; Octoberfest in Berlin; Mozart; Meditation; The Train; Dust. Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39735 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39734 Title: Malta's second development plan : 1964-69 Abstract: An assessment of the success of a Development Plan can be made in a number of ways. As a first step a clear statement of the aims of the plan can be compared with the results that were attained provided that account is also taken of the unexpected characteristics of the particular economy during the period under review. Assessments can also be attempted using international comparisons of similar countries. Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39734 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39667 Title: The great educational experiment Abstract: On Sunday the 5th of March this year I was taken to see the new cathedral at Coventry; the day before, at my own request, I had visited the old cathedral at Ely. Parts of Coventry Cathedral horrified me, as I had anticipated; the so-called Chapel of Unity is the least ecumenical and, indeed, the least aesthetically pleasing building it has ever been my misfortune to set eyes OD. But other parts impressed me. The five stained glass windows down either side are very striking: the first one green for spring and youth; the second red for summer and maturity; the third yellow for autumn and old age; the fourth black for death; and, the fifth white for hope and resurrection. But what impressed m e most of all was how cleverly the new cathedral had been made to rise from the carefully-preserved ruins of the old. Wed, 01 Jan 1969 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/39667 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z