Lebensweisheitspielerei
Wallace Stevens * Track #4 On The Rock
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Lebensweisheitspielerei by Wallace Stevens
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The title is a compound German word. Lebens comes from the word for “life,” weisheit is “wisdom,” and spielerei is a “game” or something like it. So Lebensweisheit is like the English “worldly wisdom.” Hence the title means something like: “The Game of Worldly Wisdom.”
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Weaker and weaker, the sunlight falls
In the afternoon. The proud and the strong
Have departed.
Those that are left are the unaccomplished,
The finally human,
Natives of a dwindled sphere.
Their indigence is an indigence
That is an indigence of the light,
A stellar pallor that hangs on the threads.
Little by little, the poverty
Of autumnal space becomes
A look, a few words spoken.
Each person completely touches us
With what he is and as he is,
In the stale grandeur of annihilation.
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When did Wallace Stevens release Lebensweisheitspielerei?
Wallace Stevens released Lebensweisheitspielerei on Fri Jan 01 1954.