"a fountain lighter than air"
Canetti, Dickinson, Tranströmer, Valentine, Issa
Elias Canetti (tr. from German by Lucas Zwirner):
Emily Dickinson:
Go slow, my soul, to feed thyself / Upon his rare approach— / Go rapid, lest Competing Death / Prevail upon the Coach— / Go timid, should lest his final eye / Determine thee amiss— / But Go boldly—or thou paid'st his price / Redemption—for a Kiss—
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Tomas Tranströmer (tr. from Swedish by Robin Fulton):
Jean Valentine:
Kobayashi Issa (tr. from Japanese by Robert Hass):
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