Mephisto Walz - 'KINGS' (1990's)
Mephisto Walz KINGS
Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1938) "Kings" ? (translator/poet)
THE PANCHATANTRA
"In sensuous coil
And heartless toil,
In sinuous course
And armored force,
In savage harms
That yield to charms —
In all these things
Are snakes like kings.
Uneven, rough,
And high enough —
Yet low folk roam
Their flanks as home,
And wild things haunt
Them, hungry, gaunt —
In all these things
Are hills like kings.
The things that claw, and the things that gore
Are unreliable things;
And so is a man with a sword in his hand..."
Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1938) "Kings" ? (translator/poet)
THE PANCHATANTRA
"In sensuous coil
And heartless toil,
In sinuous course
And armored force,
In savage harms
That yield to charms —
In all these things
Are snakes like kings.
Uneven, rough,
And high enough —
Yet low folk roam
Their flanks as home,
And wild things haunt
Them, hungry, gaunt —
In all these things
Are hills like kings.
The things that claw, and the things that gore
Are unreliable things;
And so is a man with a sword in his hand..."
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