The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon
Turns Ashes–or it prospers; and anon,
Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face
Lighting a little Hour or two—is gone.
Telegraaf, 6-4-1983
The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon
Turns Ashes–or it prospers; and anon,
Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face
Lighting a little Hour or two—is gone.
Telegraaf, 6-4-1983
The Moving Finger writes, and having writ
Moves on; not all thy Piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line
Nor all thy tears wash out one World of it.
Telegraaf, 19-10-1988
Gij wordt geboren: het bekommert geen.
Gij sterft verloren: het bekommert geen.
Het golven van den grooten oceaan
Breekt niet door ’t zinken van een kiezelsteen.
Telegraaf, 16-3-1994
“Strange, is it not? that of the myriads who
Before us pass’d the Door of Darkness through,
Not one returns to tel lus of the Road,
Which to discover we must travel too.”
Telegraaf, 27-7-1990