Vivre, permanente surprise !
L'amour de soi, quoi que l'on dise !
L'effort d'être, toujours plus haut,
Le premier parmi les égaux.
La vanité pour le visage,
Pour la main, le sein, le genou,
Tout le tendre humain paysage !
L'orgueil que nous avons de nous,
Secrètement. L'honneur physique,
Cette intérieure musique
Par quoi nous nous...
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Apparently with no surprise
To any happy Flower
The Frost beheads it at its play —
In accidental power —
The blonde Assassin passes on —
The Sun proceeds unmoved
To measure off another Day
For an Approving God. -
It did not surprise me —
So I said — or thought —
She will stir her pinions
And the nest forgot,
Traverse broader forests —
Build in gayer boughs,
Breathe in Ear more modern
God's old fashioned vows —
This was but a Birdling —
What and if it be
...Surprise is like a thrilling — pungent —
Upon a tasteless meat
Alone — too acrid — but combined
An edible Delight.