Antologia di Spoon River

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• Antologia di Spoon River

  La presentazione e le recensioni di Antologia di Spoon River di Edgar Lee Masters. Da quando Cesare Pavese la presentò nel 1941 nella bella traduzione di Fernanda Pivano, Spoon River Anthology non ha conosciuto soste nella fortuna presso il pubblico ... (read full critics)

  Qlibri published on Wed, 1 Dec 2010

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  "This is life's sorrow:
  That one can be happy only where two are;
  And that our hearts are drawn to stars
  Which want us not."

  Bellissimo nella sua semplicità.
  Malinconico, a tratti commovente e molto profondo.
  Queste poesie, una volta lette, continuano ad aleggia ... (continue)

  "This is life's sorrow:
  That one can be happy only where two are;
  And that our hearts are drawn to stars
  Which want us not."

  Bellissimo nella sua semplicità.
  Malinconico, a tratti commovente e molto profondo.
  Queste poesie, una volta lette, continuano ad aleggiarti attorno come un fugace ricordo.
  O come un vecchio rimpianto.

  "Kissing her with my soul upon my lips
  It suddenly took flight."

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  Dippold the optician

  What do you see now?
  Globes of red, yellow, purple.
  Just a moment! And now?
  My father and mother and sisters.
  Yes! And now?
  Knights at arms, beautiful women, kind faces.
  Try this.
  A field of grain -- a city.
  Very good! And Now?
  A young woman with angels bending ov ... (continue)

  Dippold the optician

  What do you see now?
  Globes of red, yellow, purple.
  Just a moment! And now?
  My father and mother and sisters.
  Yes! And now?
  Knights at arms, beautiful women, kind faces.
  Try this.
  A field of grain -- a city.
  Very good! And Now?
  A young woman with angels bending over her.
  A heavier lens! And Now?
  Many women with bright eyes and open lips.
  Try this.
  Just a goblet on a table.
  Oh I see! Try this lens!
  Just an open space -- I see nothing in particular.
  Well, now!
  Pine trees, a lake, summer sky.
  That's better. And now?
  A book.
  Read a page for me.
  I can't. My eyes are carried beyond the page.
  Try this lens.
  Depths of air.
  Excellent! and now?
  Light, just light, making everything below a toy world.
  Very well, we'll make the glasses accordingly.
  

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  The earth keeps some vibration going
  There in your heart, and that is you.

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  Fling yourselves in the fire, die with a song of spring,
  If die you must in the spring.

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  Indimenticabile.

  Mi pare che Masters sia riuscito a rappresentare le persone così come esse sono, irriducibili anche dopo la morte!

  William and Emily

  THERE is something about Death
  Like love itself!
  If with some one with whom you have known passion,
  And the glow of youthful love,
  You also, after years of ... (continue)

  Mi pare che Masters sia riuscito a rappresentare le persone così come esse sono, irriducibili anche dopo la morte!

  William and Emily

  THERE is something about Death
  Like love itself!
  If with some one with whom you have known passion,
  And the glow of youthful love,
  You also, after years of life 5
  Together, feel the sinking of the fire,
  And thus fade away together,
  Gradually, faintly, delicately,
  As it were in each other’s arms,
  Passing from the familiar room— 10
  That is a power of unison between souls
  Like love itself!

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  "I was a lawyer like Harmon Whitney
  Or Kinsey Keene or Garrison Standard,
  For I tried the rights of property,
  Although by lamp-light, for thirty years,
  In that poker room in the opera house.
  And I say to you that Life’s a gambler
  Head and shoulders above us all.
  No mayor ali ... (continue)

  "I was a lawyer like Harmon Whitney
  Or Kinsey Keene or Garrison Standard,
  For I tried the rights of property,
  Although by lamp-light, for thirty years,
  In that poker room in the opera house.
  And I say to you that Life’s a gambler
  Head and shoulders above us all.
  No mayor alive can close the house.
  And if you lose, you can squeal as you will;
  You’ll not get back your money.
  He makes the percentage hard to conquer;
  He stacks the cards to catch your weakness
  And not to meet your strength.
  And he gives you seventy years to play:
  For if you cannot win in seventy
  You cannot win at all.
  So, if you lose, get out of the room—
  Get out of the room when your time is up.
  It’s mean to sit and fumble the cards,
  And curse your losses, leaden-eyed,
  Whining to try and try."

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• Libri Italiani
• Paperback 448 Pages
• ISBN-10: 888129964X
• ISBN-13: 9788881299645
• Publisher: Gulliver
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1996
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