APOLLO UNTO NEPTUNE

by Alexander Search · 8-12-1907
Published 08/12/1907

Apollo unto Neptune said:

      «Come, I shall drink the sea!»

But Neptune laughed out like a lad

      In his boyish jollity,

And cried: «You would drink the earth, if you could,

      And infinity.»

And the poet the symbol who understood

      Felt his misery.

#alexander search #existential longing #fernando pessoa #hubris #mythology

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