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WHAT I EXPECTED
Post n°7 pubblicato il 13 Luglio 2010 da liber14
WHAT I EXPECTED
What I expected was Thunder, fighting, Long struggles with men And climbing. After continual straining I should grow strong: Then the rocks would shake And I should rest long.
What I had not foreseen Was the gradual day Weakening the will Leaking the brightness away, The lack of good to touch The fading of body and soul Like smoke before wind Corrupt, unsubstantial.
The wearing of Time, And the watching of cripples pass With limbs shaped like questions In their odd twist. The pulverous grief Melting the bones with pity. The sick falling from earth These, I could not foresee.
For I had expected always Some brightness to hold in trust, Some final innocence To save from dust; That, hanging solid, Would dangle through all Like the created poem Or the dazzling crystal.
STEPHEN SPENDER
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