fragments of a grecian urn

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play one...
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all
ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'

[John Keats]

Everything is far
and long gone by.
I think that the star
glittering above me
has been dead for a million years.

[Rainer Maria]

We cannot know his legendary head
with eyes like ripening fruit...

[Rainer Maria]


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