Give little Anguish－1
Lives will fret－
Give Avalanches－
And they'll slant－
Straighten－look cautious for their Breath－5
But make no syllable－like Death－
Who only shows the Marble Disc－
Sublimer sort－than Speech－
Lives will fret－
Give Avalanches－
And they'll slant－
Straighten－look cautious for their Breath－5
But make no syllable－like Death－
Who only shows the Marble Disc－
Sublimer sort－than Speech－
(F.422/J.310)
[1] Anguish:: the pain in exhausting words to express an idea.
[2] Lives:: lives of words.
[3] Avalanches:: many twists of words.
[4] slant:: the meaning of a poem will be twisted.
[5] Straighten:: to get the meaning back. breath:: a word's sound.
[6] Death:: idle, unflexible.
[7] face:: a word's face meaning.
[8] Speech:: preach, without affection.