«When Psyche, who is life, steps down into the shadows, / the translucent wood, following Persephone, / a blind swallow casts itself at her feet / with Stygian tenderness and a green branch. The shades swarm to welcome the refugee, / their new little companion, and greet her with eager waili...»
«"The arguments of freedom shall not die: / The Roman senate testifies to this..." / Lighting his clumsy pipe, he wraps his robe / About him, while the men continue playing chess. He has exchanged his proud bedeviled dream / For a clearing in Siberia (deaf, lost) / And for this curved chib...»
«A radiance travels the terrifying height — / is it a star there, sighing? / Star of transparency, wrandering light, / your twin, Petropolis, is dying. The dreams of earth catch fire on high, / a green star shimmers, sighing — / O, if you are the star of water and sky, / your twin, P...»
«Come celebrate, kinsmen, the twilight of freedom, / The darkening conscience, the great year obscured; / Into the boiling waters of nightfall / A heavy forest of nets is let down. / The days of your rising are numb, / O sun, judge, people! Come glorify the deafening hour: / We take the ...»