Unto love I
return and thereupon I wallow; Your fathomless
bed is worth no doubt a glorious summit. Chase from
out my mind the squabbles of the shallow, Since to
suffer love, the angel doth me permit. Keep your
fair eyes open. Stay awake. For I fear That arranged
sleepfulness that takes you elsewhere. You know how
much evil has thought to cost me dear, But when you
sleep I think of worlds that are much better, Where you
breeze sans body, sans air, sans country mile, And making
from so far your lips to quiver stilly, And from so
far as well your face to smile, That upon
such signs as these, I could kill you. |
Jean Cocteau