Detested by both men and gods, like nobles who have bitterly decayed, the Verlaines wither; wealth remains to them, of rich and silvery . With 'Les Chatiments' the Hugos are intoxicated by their terrible Olympian revenge. But I shall write a sorrowful ballade to the forgotten poets. Though the Poes have lived in...
The City You said: “I’ll go to another country, go to another shore, find another city better than this one. Whatever I try to do is fated to turn out wrong and my heart lies buried as though it were something dead. How long can I let my mind moulder...
Our efforts are those of the unfortunate; our efforts are like those of the Trojans. Somewhat we succeed; somewhat we regain confidence; and we start to have courage and high hopes. But something always happens and stops us. Achilles in the trench before us emerges and with loud cries terrifies us.-- Our efforts...
Speak to us of Love. And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said: When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield...
Brushed by the shadows of the dead On the grass where day expires Columbine strips bare admires her body in the pond instead A charlatan of twilight formed Boasts of the tricks to be performed The sky without a stain unmarred Is studded with the milk-white stars From the boards pale Harlequin First salutes...
Love, a noun - alias substantive, indeed substantive, in the singular form, neither feminine nor masculine, etymologically defenceless. In the plural form defenceless loves. Fear, a common noun, at first in the singular form and then in the plural: fears. Fears of everything from now on. Memory, the first name of sorrows, in the singular form, only in the singular and with no inflection. The memory,...
Learn the simplest things! For you whose time has come it is never too late! Learn your ABC, it is not enough, but learn it! Do not let it discourage you, begin! You must know everything! You must take over the leadership! Learn, man in the asylum! Learn, man in prison! Learn, wife...
If you are truly one of the select few, watch how you acquire your power. However much you are glorified, however much the cities in Italy and in Thessaly acclaim your achievements, however many decrees in your honor your admirers may have issued in Rome, neither your joy nor your triumph will...
Here, half-way along the road The time has come for me to say Other things are the ones I love I set out for something completely different. Amid the true and the false I hereby confess I was like someone else and not me Acting in life. No matter how careful you are No...
On the March to Sinopi Mithridatis, glorious and powerful, ruler of great cities, master of strong armies and fleets, on the march to Sinopi took a route through a remote part of the country where a soothsayer lived. Mithridatis sent one of his officers to ask the soothsayer how much more property, how much...
