Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire – Sick fall / Autunno malato

Ilya Ostroukhov, Golden autumn, 1886 Sick and adored fallYou will die when the hurricane blows in the rose gardensWhen it has snowedIn the orchardsPoor fallDie in whiteness and wealthSnow and ripe fruitDeep in the skyHawks hoverOn the nixes nicettes with green and dwarf hairWho never likedTo the distant edgesThe deer roaredAnd that I love oh …

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Guillaume Apollinaire – My friends finally admitted their contempt

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket, 1875 My friends finally admitted their contempt   Out of brimming glasses I drank down the stars  And while I slept an angel massacred The lambs and shepherds of a woeful folds Some false centurions brought vinegar  The wounded wretches danced as the …

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