NEVE NOVA

Eu saí a indagar, num nevoso dia,
Se comigo a neve nova brincaria:
Brincamos, e ela derreteu a primor;
O inverno falou em crime - e horror.

Trad. Sidnei Schneider



SOFT SNOW

I walked abroad in a snowy day:
I ask’d the soft Snow with me to play:
She play’d and she melted in all her prime;
And the Winter call’d it a dreadfull crime.


William Blake (1757-1827), Inglaterra.
The “Rossetti” Manuscript (c. 1793-1811)