Poems by Cyprian Norwid

Author:Cyprian Norwid
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781935744535
Publisher: Steerforth Press

VII

O You! – who are Love’s profile,

Whose name is Fulfillment;

The one – that in Art they call Style,

For it infuses song, chisels stone . . .

O! You – who through the ages bear the name: Era,

Even in times that aren’t history’s zenith,

You are named both: Spiritus et Littera,

And consummatum est . . .

O! You – Consummate-completion,

Whatever is Your sign . . . and where?

Be it in Phidias? in David? or Chopin?

Or in an Aeschylus scene? . . .

Always – you’ll be revenged by: NOT ENOUGH . . .!

– Privation is this globe’s stigma:

Fulfillment? . . . pains it! . . .

It – prefers ever to begin

Prefers always to pay – a deposit!

– An ear of wheat? . . . when ripe – a golden comet –

When barely moved by the breeze,

It sprays the rain of its wheaten seeds –

Its own perfection scatters it . . .

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