tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399282577773064439.post4669629687869173271..comments2023-06-11T17:29:23.054+03:00Comments on Cocosse | Journal: The City / Autogeography | Saul Steinberg / Robert Musil, 1930-66Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399282577773064439.post-37663510310728392015-08-23T05:15:58.468+03:002015-08-23T05:15:58.468+03:00More happy thou, performing Member,
Who hast not n...<br /><br /><br /><br /> More happy thou, performing Member,<br />Who hast not need of wit's keen temper;<br />Thou standst on every side possessed<br />Of what Parnassus boasts as best.<br />On thy right sits, chief in wisdom's college,<br />Profound experience crowned with knowledge.<br />And further on, historic lore,<br />With erudition's ample store.<br />Third on thy right, imagination<br />Holds by no means a humble station.<br />But in thy front a dazzling light<br />Obscures your wavering mortal sight.<br />How shall I praise this man so blessed<br />Above the poor lot of the rest?<br />Diplomacy, Religion, Art,<br />Of Letters also every part,<br />Find in his penetrating eye,<br />Judgement which no man dares belie.<br />No one stands with him on a par,<br />Except of wits the transcendant star,<br />To whose seat, on thy left hand side,<br />My duteous hommage I shall guide.<br /> <br /> The tide of wit for ever flows<br />From his high throne. Now beliquose,<br />Fiery; now laughing and jocose.<br />And as men always persecute<br />True worth when joined to mind acute,<br />Against him anger is directed<br />When aught of wrong has been detected;<br />And all inspired by exasparation<br />Shout for a speedy situation.<br />Then, sole amid the increasing noise,<br />His wit to fruitful ends employs -<br />Silences every accusing voice<br />By proofs that none denies.-<br /> <br /> Be happy, Foreman, with thy station<br />Which offers wit and information<br />For every question and occasion.<br />Have always thy untiring sight<br />On thy left and on thy right;<br />Study each conduct and be taught<br />From every word and every thought,<br />What to believe & what to say -<br />When to say "yes" & when to say "nay",<br />What to eat and what to drink,<br />What on everything to think,<br />How to dress and how to talk,<br />How to sleep and how to walk,<br />For every human thing is brought<br />To perfection, and is taught<br />In this Pancosmium of Thought.-<br /><br /><br /><br />Constantine P. Cavafy / More happy thou, performing Member / 1877 / Hidden Poems / 1877;-1923<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com