<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399746" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The swan (Terzanelle)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw a swan reflected on a pond<br>majestically with bended neck<br>with some little ones trailing beyond</div><div style="margin:10px 0">speck upon speck<br>reflected on the glittering surface, <br>majestically with bended neck</div><div style="margin:10px 0">as if sailing solemnly to efface<br>all doubt to its grace and splendour<br>reflected on the glittering surface </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and emanating from the bird some warmth, some ardour<br>the tale of Andromache was reminded to me.<br>All doubt to its grace and splendour<br> <br>was made insignificant by sheer beauty<br>and without mate with widowed grief<br>the tale of Andromache was reminded to me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">who loved the hero Hector but brief.<br>I saw a swan reflected on a pond<br>and without mate with widowed grief<br>with some little ones trailing beyond.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>[References: Les Fleurs du Mal: The Swan by Charles Pierre Baudelaire. The swan by Roy Campbell.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399746" data-title="The swan (Terzanelle) de Gert Strydom" data-description="I saw a swan reflected on a pond majestically with bended neck with some little ones trailing beyond speck upon speck reflected on the glittering surface, majestically with bended neck as if sailing solemnly to efface all doubt to its grace and..."></div> </div> </div>

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