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" "I loro spiriti battevano sul mio
come le ali di mille farfalle.
Chiudevo gli occhi e avvertivo i loro spiriti vibrare.
Chiudevo gli occhi, pure sapevo quando le loro ciglia
frangiavano dagli occhi abbassati le gote,
e quando giravano la testa:
e quando gli abiti aderivano a loro,
o ricadevano in squisiti drappeggi.
I loro spiriti osservano la mia estasi
con sguardi ampi di stellare indifferenza.
I loro spiriti guardavano la mia tortura;
la bevevano come fosse l'acqua della vita;
con le gote arrossate, gli occhi illuminati
la fiamma ascendente della mia anima indorava i loro spiriti,
come le ali di una farfalla che all'improvviso varca la luce del sole.
E invocavano da me la vita, vita, vita.
Ma prendendo la vita per me stesso,
afferrando e schiacciando le loro anime,
come un bambino schiaccia l'uva e beve
dalle sue palme il succo purpureo,
venni in questo vuoto senz'ali,
dove né rosso, né oro, né il vino,
né il ritmo della vita sono noti.
Edgar Lee Masters (23 August 1868 – 5 March 1950) was an American poet, biographer and dramatist. He is most famous for the Spoon River Anthology.
Biography information from Wikiquote
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I have studied many times
The marble which was chiseled for me — A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.
In truth it pictures not my destination
But my life.
For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;
Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;
Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.
And now I know that we must lift the sail
And catch the winds of destiny
Wherever they drive the boat.
To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness,
But life without meaning is the torture
Of restlessness and vague desire — It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
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