Lost in Translation (poem) the key clue here. The four lines come from that "lost" German translation by Rilke of Valéry's "Palme". (Merrill's own English translation of "Palme" is the source of the translated quatrain above. See Merrill's "Paul Valéry: "Palme"" in "Late Settings", 1985.) The original in French: from Paul Valéry, Charmes (1922) Palme classical dizain 7th Stanza The solution to the puzzle of the poem is hidden in plain sight all along. "Nothing's lost", Merrill suggests, when it comes to translating experience or memory, at least according to the way Merrill understands our human experience. The poem's coda salutes the power of
Songs of paradise: a harvest of poetry and verse work for that matter, and so should steer clear of the field. Rather, with his unabashed enthusiasm, his editor and publishers need to be a little more honest and frank with him. That way, out of the man of the law can surely emerge a poetic jurist, par excellence. There's so much to work with in James Ogoola". The book was a major success in 2009. It got the ugandan community interested in books authored by Ugandans. Songs of paradise: a harvest of poetry and verse Songs of paradise: a harvest of poetry and verse is a 2009 collection of