«And slander everywhere attended me. / Reptilelike it shuffled through my sleep / And through the dead town, under a murderous sky, / At random seeking food and shelter. Each man’s eye / Flickered with the light of slander, / Now signifying treachery, now innocent fear. / I’m not afra...»
«In the early evening, the suspended bowls / Of the pale street lamps grate. / Brighter and more festive grows / The whirling spray of flakes. And through the softly falling snow, / Smoothly quickening their pace, / Under the dark blue web, as though / Sensing pursuit, the horses race. ...»
«All that I am hangs by a thread tonight / as I wait for her whom no one can command. / Whatever I cherish most — youth, freedom, glory — / fades before her who bears the flute in her hand. And look! she comes ... she tosses back her veil, / staring me down, serene and pitiless. / "Are...»
«Everything has been checked. My inventory is ready. / O bell, strike for the last time. / For the last time sound the final departure. / Everything has been checked, nothing holds me here, / And voices call from the mists. / O, voices call in hope and freedom... Everything has been checke...»