“This quiet roof, where dove-sails saunter by,
Between the pines, the tombs, throbs visibly.
Impartial noon patterns the sea in flame —
That sea forever starting and re-starting.
When thought has had its hour, oh how rewarding
Are the long vistas of celestial calm!”

— Paul Valéry

Ce toit tranquille, où marchent des colombes,<br>Entre les pins palpite, entre les tombes;<br>Midi le juste y compose de feux<br>La mer, la mer, toujours recommencée<br>O récompense après une pensée<br>Qu'un long regard sur le calme des dieux! <br class="br">Le Cimetière Marin · Online original and translation as "The Graveyard By The Sea" by C. Day Lewis http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/%7Ecooneys/poems/fr/valery.daylewis.html <br class="br">Variant translations: <br class="br">The sea, the ever renewing sea! <br class="br">Charmes ou poèmes (1922)

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