Jose Asuncion Silva Soul Poems
- 1. Childhood
These recollections with the scent of ferns
Are the idyll of early years
(Gregorio Gutierrez González)
... - 2. Butterflies
In a fragile vase
In your chamber are
Preserved butterflies
That when touched by
... - 3. Nocturne Iii
One night
one night all full of murmurings, of perfumes and music of wings;
one night
in which fantastic fireflies burnt in the humid nuptial shadows,
... - 4. Dusk
The lamp that stands beside the crib
Is not yet lighted to warm the gloom
Of the blueish, opaque light falling
Through the curtains of late afternoon.
... - 5. Chrysalises
The little girl, though very ill,
Went out one morning
To wander, with faltering footsteps,
The nearby hill.
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