Guillaume Apollinaire Sky Poems
- 1. In The Sante
I
Before I got into my cell
I had to strip my body bare
... - 2. Autumn Ill
Autumn ill and adored
You die when the hurricane blows in the roseries
When it has snowed
In the orchard trees
... - 3. One Evening
An eagle descends from this sky white with archangels
And you sustain me
Let them tremble a long while all these lamps
Pray pray for me
... - 4. The White Snow
The angels the angels in the sky
Oneâ??s dressed as an officer
Oneâ??s dressed as a chef today
And the others sing
... - 5. Zone
At last you're tired of this elderly world
Shepherdess O Eiffel Tower this morning the bridges are bleating
... - 6. Twilight
Brushed by the shadows of the dead
On the grass where day expires
Columbine strips bare admires
her body in the pond instead
... - 7. 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
... - 8. 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
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