«What is your idea of a Parisian woman? / A jeweled beauty with a gemmed hand? / Don't try to fancy! Life is more gloomy! / The Parisian I know is nothing of the kind. / I don't know whether she is old or young, / In a gloss of finery impaired by wear / She works at the toilet of a restau...»
«I startled. Then I saw that it was not a dream. / Nor was it the fancy of a poet. / The "Theodor Nette" turned about to steam / Into the port. / / I have recognized him. He arrived / Wearing round spectacles of safety buoys. / Hello, Nette! I'm so glad that you're alive, / A smoky l...»
«For the word you remembered once / And then forgot forever, / For all that in the burning sunset / You looked for and you never found, And for despair of your dreams, / And for the cold that grew inside your chest, / And for a slow-growing death / Without any hope of moving on, And for...»
«O, you, my life, enough of fuss, / Enough complaints, – it's all just void. / And peace descends into the world – / You, too, search for your rest. I want the heavy snow to fall, / The sky, transparent blue, to stretch, / And that I could forever sense / Ice in my heart and on the t...»