The theme recurs just
As the donkey round
The water-mill
Ixion in punishment:
Drear was
Drear is and
Drear will be:
Motion that was
Motion that is
Motion that will be
But ah! time is the succession
Of that motion:
Directly proportional thereto
Equivalent
And drear.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem