Robinson Jeffers - To A Young Artist

Robinson Jeffers - To A Young Artist

It is good for strength not to be merciful br To its own weakness, good for the deep urn to run br over, good to explore br The peaks and the deeps, who can endure it, br Good to be hurt, who can be healed afterward: but br you that have whetted consciousness br Too bitter an edge, too keenly daring, br So that the color of a leaf can make you tremble br and your own thoughts like harriers br Tear the live mind: were your bones mountains, br Your blood rivers to endure it? and all that labor br of discipline labors to death. br Delight is exquisite, pain is more present; br You have sold the armor, you have bought shining br with burning, one should be stronger than br strength br To fight baresark in the stabbing field br In the rage of the stars: I tell you unconsciousness br is the treasure, the tower, the fortress; br Referred to that one may live anything; br The temple and the tower: poor dancer on the flints br and shards in the temple porches, turn home.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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