"Though by that scathing test"
Dickinson, Sze, Brock-Broido, Šalamun, Anakreon
Emily Dickinson:
Unworthy of her / Breast / Though by that / scathing test / What Soul survive? /
By her exacting / light / How counterfeit / the white
Arthur Sze:
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Lucie Brock-Broido:
Tomaž Šalamun (tr. from Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Michael Waltuch):
Anakreon (tr. from Greek by Guy Davenport):
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