by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
To venerate the simple days
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE GER
To venerate the simple days
Which lead the seasons by,
Needs but to remember
That from you or [me]1
They may take the trifle
Termed mortality!
To invest existence with a stately air,
Needs but to remember
That the acorn there
Is the egg of forests
For the upper air!
E. Bacon sets stanza 1
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Pour vénérer les simples jours
Language: French (Français)  after the English
Pour vénérer les simples jours
Qui mènent les saisons
Il suffit de se souvenir
Qu'à toi ou à moi
Ils peuvent prendre la bagatelle
Appelée mortalité !
Pour donner à l'existence un air majestueux
Il suffit de se souvenir
Que le Gland qui est là
Est l'œuf des forêts
Pour atteindre l'Air d'en haut !
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Translations of title(s):
"The simple days" = "Les simples jours"
"Simple days" = "Simple jours"
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Word count: 55