Ars

Jose Asuncion Silva 1865 (Bogotá) – 1896 (Bogotá)



El verso es un beso santo. ¡Poned en él tan sólo,
         un pensamiento puro,
en cuyo fondo bullan hirvientes las imágenes
como burbujas de oro de un viejo vino oscuro!

¡Allí verted las flores que en la continua lucha
         ajó del mundo el frío,
recuerdos deliciosos de tiempos que no vuelven,
y nardos empapados de gotas de rocío

para que la existencia mísera se embalsame
         cual de una esencia ignota
quemándose en el fuego del alma enternecida
de aquel supremo bálsamo basta una sola gota!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXB XAXA XCCC
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 514
Words 87
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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