Theognis (Teognide) – La gru / The crane
Claude Monet, Cap d’Antibes, Mistral wind, 1888 I have heard the cry of the bird, Polypaides,calling shrilly, the bird which has come as a herald to men,of the time that is ripe for ploughing. And it smote my black heart,because other men have my blooming fields,nor is it for me that mules drag the curved …