Dream
O dream on your black wings
you come when I am sleeping.
Sweet is the god but still I am
in agony and far from my strength.
For I had hope (none now) to share
something of the blessed gods,
nor was I so foolish
as to scorn pleasant toys.
Now may I have
all these things
*Translation by Willis Barnstone*
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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