The Love Song of Sirius Black

J. Aflred Prufrock

S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s’i’odo il vero,
Senza tema d’infamia ti rispondo.

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In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.

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Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question,
To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell
you all—”

29 May 2008 @ 09:06 pm

Canto One, Verse 15: Sirius

( 15. The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes )

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29 May 2008 @ 09:00 pm

Canto One, Verse 14: Severus

( 14. Talking of Michelangelo. )

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29 May 2008 @ 08:50 pm

Canto One, Verse 13: Sirius

( 13. In the room the women come and go )

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15 November 2007 @ 12:32 am

Canto One, Verse 12: Severus

( 12. Let us go and make our visit )

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04 November 2007 @ 11:09 pm

Canto One, Verse 11: Sirius

( 11. Oh, do not ask, “What is it?” )

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01 November 2007 @ 12:36 pm

Canto One, Verse 10: Severus

( 10. To lead you to an overwhelming question )

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01 November 2007 @ 12:20 pm

Canto One, Verse 9: Sirius

( 9. Of insidious intent )

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01 November 2007 @ 12:17 pm

Canto One, Verse 8: Severus

( 8. Streets that follow like a tedious argument )

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31 October 2007 @ 10:24 pm

Canto One, Verse 7: Marcus

( 7. And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells )

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31 October 2007 @ 02:15 pm

Canto One, Verse 6: Sirius

( 6. Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels )

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31 October 2007 @ 07:30 am

Canto One, Verse 5: Severus

( 5. The muttering retreats )

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31 October 2007 @ 06:30 am

Canto One, Verse 4: Marcus

( 4. Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets )

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31 October 2007 @ 04:30 am

Canto One, Verse 3: Sirius

( 3. Like a patient etherised upon a table )

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31 October 2007 @ 03:30 am

Canto One, Verse 2: Severus

( 2. When the evening is spread out against the sky )

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31 October 2007 @ 02:30 am

Canto One, Verse 1: Marcus

( 1. Let us go then, you and I )

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31 October 2007 @ 01:30 am

Canto One

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31 October 2007 @ 12:05 am

Foreword

( Foreword )

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31 October 2007 @ 12:01 am

Dedication

( Dedication )

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