For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ratio
To the ecstasy.
For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years,
Bitter contested farthings
And coffers heaped with tears.
For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ratio
To the ecstasy.
For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years,
Bitter contested farthings
And coffers heaped with tears.
Amour en même instant m'aiguillonne et m'arrête,
M'assure et me fait peur, m'ard et me va glaçant,
Me pourchasse et me fuit, me rend faible et puissant,
Me fait victorieux et marche sur ma tête.
Ores bas, ores haut, jouet de la tempête,
Il va comme il lui plait mon navire élançant :
Je pense être échappé quand je suis périssant,
Et quand j'ai tout...
Crumbling is not an instant's Act
A fundamental pause
Dilapidation's processes
Are organized Decays.
'Tis first a Cobweb on the Soul
A Cuticle of Dust
A Borer in the Axis
An Elemental Rust —
Ruin is formal — Devil's work
Consecutive and slow —
...
For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ratio
To the ecstasy.
For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years —
Bitter contested farthings —
And Coffers heaped with Tears!