You can see! Then mind that your eyes see nothing like what was once seen! For they were no different than the day grew to be, and how it was by night, and not one syllable in there about your singular strength! They dissipated like the smoke of fog and the scent of fir, and the sheen of the blink of an eye, and saw not their own selves. Or indeed no different than the wild swan, who recognised himself, and swam onward, solemnly, upon his mirror image, far away from there, where no one caught sight of him, where prey is to be found on the sea’s surface and pours forth into his twin image.
Regina Ullmann (1884 - 1961) Switzerland
Translator not stated
Source: Meeting Benches
Regina Ullmann (1884 - 1961) Switzerland
Translator not stated
Source: Meeting Benches
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