History of the Twentieth Century (A Roadshow) (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
The Sun's in its orbit, yet I feel morbid.Act 1PrologueLadies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let ...
The Sun's in its orbit, yet I feel morbid.Act 1PrologueLadies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let ...
I have often thought there's a power Unknown to science or art, That opens and closes the portals That lead to the human ...
Fortunatus, a fisherman Dane, Set out on a sudden for Spain, Because, runs the story, He'd met with a hoary Mysterious sorcerer chap, Who, trouble ...
When Scaliger, whole years of labour past,Beheld his lexicon complete at lastAnd weary of his task, with wond'ring eyes,Saw, from ...
Part IVisions in the SmokeRest, and be thankful! On the verge Of the tall cliff rugged and grey,But whose granite ...
On the hill they are crowding together, In the stand they are crushing for room, Like midge-flies they swarm on ...
IHeavily my desk uponLay a Hebrew Lexicon.As I pried into the tomeI thought me of Saint Hierome,By the Jew tormented ...
CHORUSSince they are crumbling, turn on the radio,The streets, dogs, god's all assetsEPISODELoosens out of our hands, spills out everythingWe ...
There are not many sins when once we sift them.In actions of evolving human soulsStriving to reach high goalsAnd falling ...
Beloved, with the spent and sickly fumesOf rumour's cinders all the air is filled,But you are the engrossing lexiconOf fame ...
Let Us play Yesterday -- I -- the Girl at school -- You -- and Eternity -- the Untold Tale ...
Forever at His side to walk -- The smaller of the two! Brain of His Brain -- Blood of His ...
We are honored and humble and earnest to share in events which would happen although we weren't there, a trifling ...
I am a stout materialist; With abstract terms I can't agree, And so I've made a little list Of words ...
Of Poetry I've been accused, But much more often I have not; Oh, I have been so much amused By ...
To hell with Government I say; I'm sick of all the piddling pack. I'd like to scram, get clean away, ...
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