A Translation In Verse . . .

The Persistence Of An All-absorbing Idea Is Terrible.

Desiring Always To Be In Mourning, He Clothed Himself With Night.

There Is One Spectacle Grander Than The Sea, That Is The Sky; There Is One Spectacle Grander Than The Sky, That Is The Interior Of The Soul.

When You Get An Idea Into Your Head You Find It In Everything.

Everything Changes. The Only Thing That Remains Immovable Across The Centuries And Fixes The Character Of A People Is Cooking.