Logo: Darío's princess


Question SA-10. Here is the text reference (p. 153 poem):

"Walt Whitman" (1890) by Rubén Darío

 

The grand old man lives in his country of iron,

A beautiful patriarch, serene and saintly.

With an olympic crease between his eyebrows

that dominates and conquers with noble charm.

 

His infinite soul seems like a mirror;

with his tired shoulders that merit a cloak;

and with his harp carved from seasoned oak

he sings his song like a new prophet.

 

Priest, whose breath is divine inspiration,

he announces better times in the future.

To the eagle he says: "Fly!", and to the sailor: "Row!"

 

And "Work!" to the hardy laborer.

Thus goes the poet on his way

with his splendid imperial countenance.