Tag: Giacomo Leopardi
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Thoughts (Borrowed) While Overlooking a Mountain Valley in Peru
The Infinite Always dear to me was this lonely hill, And this hedgerow, which from many sides Bars the gaze from the utmost horizon. But sitting and looking out, endless Spaces beyond that hedge, and superhuman Silences, and profoundest quietude, I in my mind forge for myself: where the heart Is all but terrified. And as I hear the wind rustle…
Dan Yingst 