Daddy Fell into the Pond
Everyone grumbled
The sky was grey
We had nothing to do and nothing to say
We were nearing the end of a dismal day,
Everyone grumbled
The sky was grey
We had nothing to do and nothing to say
We were nearing the end of a dismal day,
Sun of autumn, thin and
And fruit drops off the trees,
Blue silence fills the
Of a tardy afternoon’s sky
First having read the book of myths,and loaded the camera,and checked the edge of the knife-blade,
I put onthe body-armor of black rubberthe absurd flippersthe grave and awkward mask
I am having to do thisnot like Cousteau with hisassidu...
I
OK into my glass, And view my wasting skin, And say, "Would God it came to pass My heart had shrunk as thin
" For then,
I, undistrest By hearts grown cold to me, Could lonely wait my endless rest With equanimity...
Roses red and white,
Every rose is hanging her head,
Silently comes the lady Night,
Only the flowers can hear her tread
Two went to pray
O rather say One went to brag, th' other to pray: One stands up close and treads on high, Where th' other dares not send his eye
One nearer to God's altar trod, The other to the altar's God
Move him into the sun—Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown
Always it awoke him, even in France,
Until this morning and this snow
Did all the lets and bars appear To every just or larger end,
Whence should come the trust and cheer
Youth must its ignorant impulse lend —Age finds place in the rear
All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys,
Ніби сон, який падає з неба
Або робить фігури найвищого пілотажу,
Я бачу, як виринають тексти з Еребу,
Ковтаючи в Леті воду зауважень.