Spis treści
LamentsLament Xtłum. Dorothea Prall
1
My dear delight, my Ursula, and where
Art thou departed, to what land, what sphere?
High o'er the heavens wert thou borne, to stand
One little cherub midst the cherub band?
5Or dost thou laugh in Paradise, or now
Upon the Islands of the Blest art thou?
Or in his ferry o'er the gloomy water
Does Charon[1] bear thee onward, little daughter?
And having drunken of forgetfulness
10Art thou unwitting of my sore distress?
Or, casting off thy human, maiden veil,
Art thou enfeathered in some nightingale?
Or in grim Purgatory must thou stay
Until some tiniest stain be washed away?
15Or hast returned again to where thou wert
Ere thou wast born to bring me heavy hurt?
Where'er thou art, ah! pity, comfort me;
And if not in thine own entirety,
Yet come before mine eyes a moment's space
20In some sweet dream that shadoweth thy grace.
Przypisy
[1]
Charon — a figure from Greek mythology who ferried the souls of the dead to the underworld. [przypis edytorski]
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