We see – Comparatively –
The Thing so towering high
We could not grasp it’s segment
Unaided – Yesterday –
This Morning’s finer Verdict –
Makes scarcely worth the toil –
A furrow – Our Cordillera –
Our Apennine – a knoll –
Perhaps ‘tis kindly – done us –
The Anguish – and the loss –
The wrenching – for His Firmament
The Thing belonged to us –
To spare these striding spirits
Some Morning of Chagrin –
The waking in a Gnat’s – embrace –
Our Giants – further on –
One Response to “Opere”
J534 (1862) / F580 (1863)
We see – Comparatively –
The Thing so towering high
We could not grasp it’s segment
Unaided – Yesterday –
This Morning’s finer Verdict –
Makes scarcely worth the toil –
A furrow – Our Cordillera –
Our Apennine – a knoll –
Perhaps ‘tis kindly – done us –
The Anguish – and the loss –
The wrenching – for His Firmament
The Thing belonged to us –
To spare these striding spirits
Some Morning of Chagrin –
The waking in a Gnat’s – embrace –
Our Giants – further on –