“When, when & whenever
death closes our eyes”
still shall I behold her
smiling such brightness
lady of brightness &
the illumined heart
soft walker in my blood
snow color sea sound
track of the ermine
delicate in the snow
line of the sea wave
delicate on the sand
lady of all brightness
donna del mio cuor.
“Quanddocumquigitur nostros mors claudet ocellos”:
Propertius in the “Nox mihi candida.”
- James Laughlin (1914-1997)
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