Friday, April 27, 2007

Away ! Far Away !

Slów
Creatures
Slów,

Nuzzle and press,
And take their food
In the darkness.

No stir is now
In all that once
Was all ;

No dréam, no sight,
No soúnd, no sense
If thére.

Unséen
The béam
Of the sun :

Unknówn
The ring
Of the light :

Unknówn
In the cave
Unséen

By the slów,
Slów
Hungers

Naught's
Left
—But foód ;

All else
That was
Is awáy :

Far-awáy,

In the gléam,
In the ring
In the béam

In the Sun.

Note: Accented letters are to be sounded for as long as possible. Two beats of this duration are to be held at the end of each line, four at the end of each verse. Unmarked words and phrases are to be said quickly, and ended sharply. All line endings and verse endings, or silences, are to be well held.

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