Parading

On the first day, and the eternal snow of stars,

You once unfastened giant calyxes
You once unfastened giant calyxes
You once unfastened giant calyxes
For the young earth still innocent of scars:
For the young earth still innocent of scars:
Young gladioli with the necks of swans,
Young gladioli with the necks of swans,
Laurels divine, of exiled souls the dream,
Laurels divine, of exiled souls the dream,
Vermilion as the modesty of dawns (Stéphane Mallarmé, trans. Henry Weinfield)
Vermilion as the modesty of dawns (Stéphane Mallarmé, trans. Henry Weinfield)

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