"A sloop of amber slips away"
Rilke, Merwin, Merrill, Gerstler, Amichai, Graves, Dickinson
Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. Stephen Mitchell), July 29, 1920:
W.S. Merwin:
James Merrill:
Amy Gerstler:
Yehuda Amichai (trans. Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell):
Robert Graves:
Emily Dickinson:
Please accept / a sunset / A sloop of / amber slips / away / Upon an ether / sea, / And wrecks in / peace a purple / tar, / The son of / ecstasy.
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