Could Hope inspect her Basis by Emily Dickinson

Надежде ль зрить в свой корень,
обман создав,-
по ложному по праву
или без прав...

Ей при отказной просьбе
ожить, запев...
Ей лишь один убийца -
её успех.



[David Preest:
If I could see the real ‘Basis’ for my hope,
its edifice would crumble. To exist, Hope
needs a ‘fictitious Charter.’ With such
a charter, my grandest hope, when ‘balked,’
can still be renewed. Hope is only exterminated
by a ‘Prosperity’ which makes hope unnecessary.]

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Could Hope inspect her Basis by Emily Dickinson

Could Hope inspect her Basis         
Her Craft were done --               
Has a fictitious Charter             
Or it has none --               

Balked in the vastest instance       
But to renew --               
Felled by but one assassin --
Prosperity --


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