«Fire, the rope, the bullet and the ax, / Like servants bowed and followed where we went, / And in each drop that fell a deluge slept, / Pebbles grew into mountains where they lay, / And in a small twig trodden underfoot / Whole forests rustled, their black arms outspread. At table falseho...»
«Our rooms are turned to rolling wagons / With wheels that creak on roads of air; / And down below, the moony water / Is playing gently with green hair. We travel over crystal bridges, / Across the earth, across the sky. / Its red cheek pressed against our windows, / The sun sings out as...»
«We have unlearned how to give alms, forgotten / How to breathe the salt air above the sea, / And how to meet the dawn, and in the market / Buy golden lemons for two coins or three. / Ships call on us only by chance, and freight trains / Bring cargoes out of habit, that is all; / Just cou...»
«Earth and water, air and stars, / All, except man's soul, 'tis sure, / Till the very end o time / Will continue, will endure. Death is harmless to the dust / But can proudest dreams undo. / Envious, heart? Nay, be not so, / Soon we'll be immortal, too.»