The Scholars
BALD heads forgetful of their sins,
Old, learned, respectable bald heads
Edit and annotate the lines
That young men, tossing on their beds,
Rhymed out in love’s despair 5
To flatter beauty’s ignorant ear.
They’ll cough in the ink to the world’s end;
Wear out the carpet with their shoes
Earning respect; have no strange friend;
If they have sinned nobody knows. 10
Lord, what would they say
Should their Catullus walk that way?
W.B. Yeats (1865–1939). The Wild Swans at Coole. 1919.
(Μακριά από εμάς η ανωτέρω περιγραφή! Στη Μυτιλήνη ελπίζω να μην επαναλάβουμε τον τελευταίο στίχο!)
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου