«Sight grows dim — my power, / Two invisible diamond lances; / Hearing fails, full of long ago thunder / And the breathing of my father’s house; / Hard knots of muscle grow feeble, / Like hoary oxen on a plow-field; / And behind my shoulders at night / No longer shine two wings. I ...»
«Every moment we were together / We celebrated, like Epiphany, / Alone in the whole world. You were / Bolder and lighter than a bird’s wing, / Head swirling with vertigo, you ran / Down the staircase and led me / Through damp lilac into your domain / On the other side of the mirror. ...»
«The rules of winter we obey. / We roll a snowball and run after, / Acclaim its growth with peals of laughter, / And brush the surplus snow away. As if misfortune were in view, / The people passing by assemble / Along the fence with lips atremble / To watch what you and I shall do. We m...»
«I watch the scooter's flight / And feel my envy growing! / My eyes are hot and bright / With summer's quick tears flowing. A girl with winning smile / Clings closely to the rider. / A humpy sluggish snail / Do I appear beside her. Farewell! Ride at your ease / To where green summits ...»