Guillaume Apollinaire Night Poems
- 1. Zone
At last you're tired of this elderly world
Shepherdess O Eiffel Tower this morning the bridges are bleating
... - 2. The Gypsy
The gypsy knew in advance
Our two lives star-crossed by night
We said farewell to her and then
from that deep well Hope began
... - 3. Palace
In deepest dream towards Rosemonde's palace
My barefoot brain inclined for the evening
Like a naked king the walls are waking
Beaten flesh and fresh-cut roses
... - 4. Vitam Impendere Amori
(Vitam Impendere Amori: To Threaten Life for Love)
Love is dead within your arms
Do you remember his encounter
... - 5. There Is
There is this ship which has taken my beloved back again
There are six Zeppelin sausages in the sky and with night
coming on it makes a man think of the maggots from which the
stars might some day be reborn
... - 6. Mirabeau Bridge
Under Mirabeau Bridge runs the Seine
And our loves
Must I remember them
Joy came always after pain
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