Night

Hermann Hesse – Sonnambulo

Arthur Wardle, A fairy tale, 1895 ca Sonnambulo, a tastoni mi trascino attraverso bosco e precipizio,fantastico mi attornia un cerchio magicoardendo, indifferente se io segua dannato o vezzeggiato devotamente l’intimo comando.Quante volte la realtà in cui vivetemi ha ridestato e richiamato a sé!Io stavo in lei deluso ed atterritoe di nuovo mi sono dileguato.O calda patria a …

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Lord Byron – Così più non andremo in giro senza meta

Caspar David Friedrich, The evening, 1821 So, we’ll go no more a roving    So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving,    And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath,    And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe,    And love itself have rest. Though the night was made for …

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Lord Byron – Passa radiosa / She Walks in Beauty

Jean-Louis Hamon, The night, 1866 She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every …

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