Saturday, March 24, 2007

POETRY | Only The Past Is Immortal

... Only the past is immortal.
Decide to take a trip, read books of travel
Go quickly! Even Socrates is mortal
Mention the name of happiness: it is
Atlantis, Ultima Thule, or the limelight,
Cathay or Heaven. But go quickly

~ "Personae," Delmore Schwartz

2 comments:

jenclair said...

Wonderful! And when are you leaving on the gread adventure?

darkorpheus said...

we fly to istanbul, great city of Constantinople and Byzantium on the 26th. Isn't it exciting?