Âñ¸ ëó÷øåå - âíå ãëàç,
Èçûñêîì - ìûñëü - ñâåòëà.
Íå íà ìèðó èõ ñîíì,
Ïî ñèëå - êàê çàêîí...
Ñæàò ìûñëåííûé âèòîê,
Ñæàò ðàçóìà ïîòîê...
Ðåïåé çàíîçû âñëóõ ÿâèòü -
Ðîñòêà ãäå ïî÷êå áûòü?
[David Preest:
‘The pearl [in the oyster or the pearl of true love] –
the Just [action] – our Thought [of what is good]’
cannot be seen. Most of our ‘Best Things’ are not ‘public’
or common, but, although they are ‘rare,’ they are real
and allowable. We may see their outside case or ‘burr,’
the ‘capsule’ in which the wind-swift mind operates, but
where does the germ of the germ in that capsule come from?
Socrates would have agreed that most best things ‘shun the
Public Air.’ When he was in prison in Athens, facing an
unjust death sentence, and his friends said that
everybody was saying that he should escape from prison,
Socrates’ reply was, ‘Take no notice of what the many say.’]
***************************************
Best Things dwell out of Sight by Emily Dickinson
Best Things dwell out of Sight
The Pearl -- the Just -- Our Thought.
Most shun the Public Air
Legitimate, and Rare --
The Capsule of the Wind
The Capsule of the Mind
Exhibit here, as doth a Burr --
Germ's Germ be where?