"The Man Who Loved Islands" and "The Woman Who Rode Away": Turning a Moment into Eternity
If ever I plead with the passing moment,"Linger a while, you are so fair!"Then chain me up in close confinement,Then serving me no more’s your care,Then let the death-bell toll me finish, Then unreluctantly I’ll perish, The clock may stop, the hands fall off,And time for me be over with!...
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| I publikationen: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/lawrence, |
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| Materialtyp: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Études Lawrenciennes
2017
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sammanfattning: | If ever I plead with the passing moment,"Linger a while, you are so fair!"Then chain me up in close confinement,Then serving me no more’s your care,Then let the death-bell toll me finish, Then unreluctantly I’ll perish, The clock may stop, the hands fall off,And time for me be over with! (Goethe, Faust 59–60)The words of Goethe’s immortal character outline the limits of human temporal experience: living till the end of time – which can only be measured by insatiability, a desire to replace o... |
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