«Listen! / if the stars are lit, / then someone must need them, of course? / then someone must want them to be there, / calling those droplets of spittle pearls? And wheezing, / in the blizzards of midday dust, / he rushes to God, / fearing he’s out of time / and sobbing, / he ki...»
«Blizzards were blowing everywhere / Throughout the land. / A candle burned upon the table, / A candle burned. As midgets in the summer fly / Towards a flame, / The snowflakes from the yard swarmed to / The window pane. And, on the glass, bright snowy rings / And arrows formed....»
«It snowed, it snowed across the world / At every turning. / A candle on the table burned, / A candle, burning. As midgeflies swarm in summertime / Toward a flame, / Snowflakes swarmed from the dark outside / Against the pane. The blizzard etched the glass with whirled / Arrows and ci...»
«A honeyed shade has covered / The Alexandrian halls / Pushkin / She has kissed Anthony's dead lips already, / Already knelt and wept at Cæsar's feet. / Servants betrayed her. In the sprawling darkness / Rome's Eagle screams and trumpets her defeat. In comes the last man captive to her...»