Exalted in the happiness of pain,
The world is crowning me with strange disdain!
How proud I’ll be within its reverie:
My wreath’s an honour, undeserved of me.
My rough exterior’s inscribed by hate,
a fitting way to demonstrate my fate.
(Or else, I seem too arrogant, too proud,
rejoicing silently of hateful crowds.)
But like most monarchs I shall take to bed,
a-weary of the honours I’ve received.
And soon, as words begin to crowd my head,
I realize I have many woes to grieve.
And hate accumulates as pride grows dim…
the world is mine, and yet I serve its whims.
Well written and meaningful.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's a somewhat re-written version of the very first sonnet for this project that I later modified.
ReplyDeleteVocê encontrou uma lacuna no Classicismo. Muito bom!
ReplyDeleteYou found a gap in Classicism. Very good!
Thank you, Enrique for posting in both languages! :) And thanks for commenting too!
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