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“At noon I must have been conceived,
at noon I must have come into the world,
and from my childhood I have loved the beaming radiance of the sun.
One day I looked upon your eyes
and I became indifferent to the sun:
why should I adore a single sun
now that two of them are mine?
From "Love" in Alexandrian Songs”
― Selected Prose and Poetry
at noon I must have come into the world,
and from my childhood I have loved the beaming radiance of the sun.
One day I looked upon your eyes
and I became indifferent to the sun:
why should I adore a single sun
now that two of them are mine?
From "Love" in Alexandrian Songs”
― Selected Prose and Poetry
“And men saw that beauty and love in all their forms are of the gods, and they became free and brave, and they grew wings…
Wings”
― Selected Prose and Poetry
Wings”
― Selected Prose and Poetry
“Today, as I watched the red calico sunset behind the mill, it occurred to me how much cruelty there is at the heart of every happiness.
From A Hunter's Repast”
― Selected Prose and Poetry
From A Hunter's Repast”
― Selected Prose and Poetry
“Where shall I find a style to catch a stroll,
Chablis on ice, a crisply toasted roll,
The agate succulence of cherries ripe?
The sunset's far, the ocean's splashing cool
Can offer solace to a sunburned nape.”
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Chablis on ice, a crisply toasted roll,
The agate succulence of cherries ripe?
The sunset's far, the ocean's splashing cool
Can offer solace to a sunburned nape.”
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“I beg you be logical in the design and structure of your work, in syntax . . . be a skillful builder, both in small things and in the whole . . . love words, as Flaubert did, exercise economy in your means, thrift in the use of words, precision and authenticity—then you will discover the secret of a wonderful thing: beauty clarity.”
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