<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=540801" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Description of the King</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king's beard on which sauces and ovations<br>fell until it became heavy as an axe<br>appears suddenly in a dream to a man condemned to die<br>and on a candlestick of flesh shines alone in the dark.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One hand for tearing meat is huge as a whole province<br>through which a ploughman inches forward a corvette lingers<br>The hand wielding the sceptre has withered from distinction<br>has grown grey from old age like an ancient coin</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the hour-glass of the heart sand trickles lazily<br>Feet taken off with boots stand in a corner<br>on guard when at night stiiffening on the throne<br>the king heirlessly forfeits his third dimension</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Zbigniew+Herbert">Zbigniew Herbert</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=540801" data-title="A Description of the King de Zbigniew Herbert" data-description="The king's beard on which sauces and ovations fell until it became heavy as an axe appears suddenly in a dream to a man condemned to die and on a candlestick of flesh shines alone in the dark. One hand for tearing meat is huge as a whole province..."></div> </div> </div>

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