Wallace Stevens - Anecdote of Men by the Thousand lyrics
[Wallace Stevens - Anecdote of Men by the Thousand lyrics]
The soul, he said, is composed
Of the external world
There are men of the East, he said
Who are the East there are men of a province
Who are that province
There are men of a valley
Who are that valley
There are men whose words
Are as natural sounds of their places
As the cackle of toucans
In the place of toucans
The mandoline is the instrument of a place
Are there mandolines of western mountains?
Are there mandolines of northern moonlight?
The dress of a woman of Lhassa
In it's place
Is an invisible element of that place
Made visible
Of the external world
There are men of the East, he said
Who are the East there are men of a province
Who are that province
There are men of a valley
Who are that valley
There are men whose words
Are as natural sounds of their places
As the cackle of toucans
In the place of toucans
The mandoline is the instrument of a place
Are there mandolines of western mountains?
Are there mandolines of northern moonlight?
The dress of a woman of Lhassa
In it's place
Is an invisible element of that place
Made visible