«And so, making clear in advance / I know there are miles between us; / and I reckon myself with the tramps, which / is a place of honour in this world: under the wheels of luxury, at / table with cripples and hunchbacks... / From the top of the bell-tower roof, / I proclaim it: I love t...»
«Porridge-head / Was a pope, who is dead. / He went out a-shopping one day / To look for some wares on the way; / And he came on Balda1, who was there. / Who was going he knew not where, / And who said, “Why so early abroad, old sire? / And what dost require?” / He replied, “For...»
«FIRST VOICE Where, oh where are you, my dear one? / Bend over me, my love. / A dark winged phantom / In a dream has me been threatening, / And stricken / In dim twilight beyond day. / My heart beat painfully. SECOND VOICE Who calls to me? FIRST VOICE Why / Are you so far away / ...»
«God help us Smoke! / — Forget that. Look at the damp. / These are the ordinary fears / of anyone moving house approaching a poor lamp / for students in miserable outskirts. / — Isn’t there even a tree / for the children? What sort of landlord will we have? Too strict? / in a ne...»