Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Thirst and Immortality

Listen to:

Thirst and Immortality (:42)

by Emily Dickinson

performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode



THIRST

We thirst at first, -- 't is Nature's act;
  And later, when we die,
A little water supplicate
  Of fingers going by.

It intimates the finer want,
  Whose adequate supply
Is that great water in the west
  Termed immortality.


IMMORTALITY

It is an honorable thought,
  And makes one lift one's hat,
As one encountered gentlefolk
  Upon a daily street,

That we've immortal place,
  Though pyramids decay,
And kingdoms, like the orchard,
  Flit russetly away.








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