~Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) -"Great Expectations" (1860-61) [Reading]  

~Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827) 5 Symphony (2nd movement)
~Catherine's reference to Jason's immortality, waiting until he is needed again "like King Arthur" alludes to one of the myriad legends of Arthur which states that the king will rise again when he is needed. [Derived from Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d'Arthur (The Death of Arthur-1470)].  

~Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827) Piano sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 - "Pathetique"
~Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) "Sonnet 29" (1598) [Reading]

~The name of the building Vincent must locate to reach safety - "The Beaumont" - is an obvious reference to Gabrielle Beaumont, the author of the original story of "Beauty and the Beast"

~Irving, Washington (1783-1859) "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1819) [Referenced] 
~Moore, Thomas (1779-1852) "She is Far From The Land" (1801) [Partial reading]

~Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) "Surprised By Joy" (1806) [Reading]
~Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) "Merchant of Venice" Act 3, Scene 1, lines 55-58 [Referenced], "Romeo and Juliet" Act 2, Scene   2, lines 61-62 [Referenced - inscription]
~Lovelace, Richard (1618-1658) "To Althea, From Prison" (c.1644) [Title]
~Chopin, Friederic (1810-1849) Nocturne for Piano No. 9

Naso, Publius Ovidius, [Ovid] (43 BC – 17 AD) "The Metamorphoses, Book X",  "Orpheus and Eurydice"  The world's greatest musician tries to rescue his dead wife from the land of the dead., and fails to do so.   [Title]

~Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) This episode is loosely based on the story "Oliver Twist" (1838-1839).

~Blake, William (1757-1827) "Auguries of Innocence" (1804-1805) [Reading]
~Maro, Publius Vergilius [Virgil] (70 BC - 19 BC) [Referenced]
~Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910) [Referenced]
~Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) [Referenced]
~London, Jack (1876-1916) [Referenced]

~Browning, Robert (1812-1889) "Paracelsus" – a narrative poem about one Theophenastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, a polymath of the 13th century, who turned from knowledge and reason to mysticism and alchemy.  Despite his mysticism, made many advances in pharmacology. [Character Name]

~Rilke, Rainer Maria (1875-1926) "Letters to a Young Poet" Letter #8 (1904) [Reading]

~Mitchell, Joni (1945-) "The Circle Game" (Lyric) (1966) Stanza 1 - Line 8 [Title]

~Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) "Kubla Kahn" (1798) [Title - Reading]

Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) "The Elephant's Child" 1903) (Reading)

Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827) Minuet in G
~Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) "Romeo and Juliet" (1596) [Reading]

~Milton, John (1608-1674) "Paradise Lost" (1658-1663) – Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. [Quote - Title]

~Shelley, Percy (1792-1822) "Ozymandias" ([c] 1818) – poem dealing with the ultimate fate of power and material wealth [Title, Reading]

~Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907) "Piano concerto in A Minor, Op. 16"

~Schubert, Franz (1797-1827) "Unfinished Symphony" (1822)
~Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824) "She Walks In Beauty" (1814-1815) [Partial reading]
~Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Impromptu in G-Flat. op. 90, no. 3
~Chopin, Friederic Ballade no. 4 in F Minor, op 52
`Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827) Piano sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op.27 "Moonlight"
`Schumann, Robert (1810-56) Kinderscenen op. 15, Von Fremden Landern und Menschen
~Chopin, Friederic Prelude in E Minor

~Thomas, Dylan (1914-1953) "Fern Hill" (1946) [Reading]

~Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 "Dover Beach" (1867)
~Browning, Robert (1812-1889) "Paracelsus" – an epic poem about one Theophenastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, a polymath of the 13th century, who turned from knowledge and reason tomysticism and alchemy.  Despite this, responsible for many advances in pharmacology. {Character }
~Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Hamlet (1600-1602), Act 5, Scene 1, (quote)
~Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965) "Journey of the Magi" (1927) [Title]

~"God Bless The Child"is taken from a ballad by Billie Holliday and Andrew Herzog.  The verse is as follows:"Momma may have...Poppa may have...But God Bless the Child that's got his own."

~"Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me!" - children's folksong [Title]

~Blake, William (1757-1827) "To The Evening Star" (1783) [Reading], "Piping Down The Valleys Wild" (1789) [Reading]
~Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) "Henry IV, Part I, Act 1, Scene 1" (1623) [Reading] 

Episode 30 - Labyrinths

Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809) Allegro moderato (Trio 1 in C major)
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809) Andante (Trio 1 in C major)

~Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) "A Tale of Two Cities" (1851) [Reference]
~Carroll, Lewis [Charles Dodgson], 1832-1898 "Through The Looking Glass" (1872) [Reading] Not to be confused with "The ~Adventures of Alice in Wonderland", a separate work

~Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) "The Merchant of Venice" (1596-1597) Act IV, Scene I, [Title]
~Wordsworth, William (1770-1858) "Intimations of Immortality" (1807) [Reading]

~Williams, Margery (1894-1947) "The Velveteen Rabbit" (1922) [Reading]

~Rilke, Rainer Maria "You Darkness" [Reading]

~Lord Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892) "The Lady of Shallott" (1832) [Partial reading], "Idylls of the King" (published between 1856 and 1885) [Reference]
~Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) "The Decay of Lying" (1889) [Reading, Title]
~Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) "Song of Myself" (1855)

~"The First Time I Loved Forever" Vocals by Lisa Angelle, Lyrics by Melanie, Music by Lee Holdridge [Song performed]
~Frost, Robert (1874-1963) "Acquainted with the Night" (1928) [Reading]

~Poe, Edgar Allen (1809-1849) "Annabel Lee" (1849) [Title, Reference]
~Deadalus – Celebrated architect in Greek mythology, builder of the Palace of Minos, king of Crete, and later imprisoned in the Labyrinth with his son, Icarus.  Fashioned wings of wax and escaped to Sicily [Referenced Object]

~Eliot, Thomas Stearns (1888-1965) "The Hollow Men" (1925) [Title] 
~Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827) "7th Symphony, 2nd Movement" (1819)

~Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939) "The Second Coming" (1919-1921) [Title]

~Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Hamlet (1600-1601) [Title]
~Thomas, Dylan (1914-1953) "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" (1926) [Reading]
~Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) La Stravaganza, Op. 4, Violin concerto No. 2 in E minor", " The Four Seasons", Op. 8, Violin concerto No. 2 in G minor, Summer, 3rd Movement (presto)".