Versos English Alfred Lichtenstein Going for a Walk

English poem

Going for a Walk

by (1889–1914)

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Evening comes with moonshine and silky darkness. The roads become weary. The narrow world widens. Winds of opium move in and out of the field. I widen my eyes like silver wings. I feel as though my body were the whole earth. The city lights up: thousands of street lamps sway. Now the sky also piously enkindles its candlelight. ... Huge above everything my human face wanders—