Swells Quotes

“O little sliver of moon waning
that shines on waves desolately reigning,
O little sliver of silver, what mass of dreams
swells here towards your gentle glow!

Fleeting breaths of foliage,
sighs of flowers from the woods
exhale to the sea: no song, no cry,
no sound pierces the vast silence.

Oppressed by love, by pleasure,
the world of the living falls asleep…
O little sliver waning, what mass of dreams
swells here towards your gentle glow!

(Trans. Michael Shindler)”
― Gabriele D'Annunzio