“Yet half the beast is the great god Pan, To laugh, as he sits by the river, Making a poet out of a man. The true gods sigh for the cost and the pain-- For the reed that grows never more again As a reed with the reeds of the river.” MenPainGrowsHalfMusicLaughingPoetCostRiversBeastSighReedsTrue God Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works
“He saw wan Woman toil with famished eyes; He saw her bound, and strove to sing her free. He saw her fall'n; and wrote "The Bridge of Sighs"; And on it crossed to immortality.” EyeFallSawsPoetBoundsBridgesImmortalityToilSigh Author:William Watson
“A poet is an unhappy creature whose heart is tortured by deepest suffering but whose lips are so formed that when his sighs and cries stream out over them, their sound beomes like the sound of beautiful music . . . . And men flock about the poet saying, Sing for us soon again; that is to say, may new sufferings torture your soul, and may your lips continue to be formed as before.” MenHeartMaySoulBeautifulSufferingSoundCryPoetCreaturesLipsUnhappyYour SoulTortureStreamsSighFlocksBeautiful Music Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.” HeartPersonsBeautifulSoundMusicCryPoetProfoundLipsUnhappyThriveAnguishSighBeautiful MusicUnhappy Person Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.... And people flock around the poet and say: 'Sing again soon' - that is, 'May new sufferings torment your soul but your lips be fashioned as before, for the cry would only frighten us, but the music, that is blissful.” PeopleMenHeartMaySoulSufferingSoundCryPoetLipsLovelyUnhappyYour SoulAnguishTormentSighFlocks Author:Soren Kierkegaard