Look, we sometimes Begin as a joke…
João de Deus (1830-1896)
You spoke of Kant, of Homer and the rhapsodists,Blue, your passionate voice flowed into my mindLike a dawn gentler than the soul of aquilegiasAnd slowly my soul was transformed into an ode!
Translated from the French of Athanase Vantchev de Thracy by Norton Hodges
