<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=428950" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Waves</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw a tiny God<br>Sitting<br>Under a bright blue umbrella<br>That had white tassels<br>And forked ribs of gold.<br>Below him His little world<br>Lay open to the sun.<br>The shadow of His hat<br>Lay upon a city.<br>When he stretched forth His hand<br>A lake became a dark tremble.<br>When he kicked up His foot<br>It became night in the mountain passes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> But thou art small!<br>There are gods far greater than thou.<br>They rise and fall,<br>The tumbling gods of the sea.<br>Can thy heart heave such sighs,<br>Such hollow savage cries,<br>Such windy breath,<br>Such groaning death?<br>And can thy arm enfold<br>The old,<br>The cold,<br>The changeless dreadful places<br>Where the herds<br>Of horned sea-monsters<br>And the screaming birds<br>Gather together?<br>From those silent men<br>That lie in the pen<br>Of our pearly prisons,<br>Canst thou hunt thy prey?<br>Like us canst thou stay<br>Awaiting thine hour,<br>And then rise like a tower<br>And crash and shatter?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There are neither trees nor bushes<br>In my country,<br>Said the tiny God.<br>But there are streams<br>And waterfalls<br>And mountain-peaks<br>Covered with lovely weed.<br>There are little shores and safe harbours,<br>Caves for cool and plains for sun and wind.<br>Lovely is the sound of the rivers,<br>Lovely the flashing brightness<br>Of the lovely peaks.<br>I am content.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Thy kingdom is small,<br>Said the God of the Sea.<br>Thy kingdom shall fall;<br>I shall not let thee be.<br>Thou art proud!<br>With a loud<br>Pealing of laughter,<br>He rose and covered<br>The tiny God's land<br>With the tip of his hand,<br>With the curl of his fingers:<br>And after--</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiny God<br>Began to cry</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Katherine+Mansfield">Katherine Mansfield</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=428950" data-title="Waves de Katherine Mansfield" data-description="I saw a tiny God Sitting Under a bright blue umbrella That had white tassels And forked ribs of gold. Below him His little world Lay open to the sun. The shadow of His hat Lay upon a city. When he stretched forth His hand A lake became a dark trem..."></div> </div> </div>

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