Article: Ancient Overture of Herodiade.(Poem)

THE NURSE

(incantation)

 
Abolished, and her frightful wing in the tears 
in the pool, abolished, that mirrors the alarms, 
the naked golds flaying the crimson space, 
an Aurora has, heraldic plumage, chosen 
our cinerary, sacrificial tower, 
heavy tomb a beautiful bird has fled, lone 
whim of dawn in vain black plumage ... 
Ah! sad and defeated country's manor! 
No splashing! The mournful water has given up, 
no longer visited by feather and the unforgettable swan: 
the water reflects the abandon 
of autumn quenching his brand in it: 
of the swan when into the pale mausoleum 
of feathers he plunged his head, unnerved 
by the pure diamond of some star, one 
of old times, that ...

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