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The Hoofs of Pegasus

Chapter 36: TEMPO
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A collection of short lyrical poems that weave mythic and religious imagery with intimate observations of nature and interior feeling. Many pieces draw on classical figures and Renaissance art, while others reflect domestic scenes, sleep, music, and sacrament; recurrent motifs include night and light, birds, water, and ritual. Voice shifts between contemplative reverie and pastoral detail, exploring longing, faith, and creative impulse. The sequence moves through imagistic vignettes—moonlit meadows, bathing maidens, sacramental harvests, and dreams—linking private emotion to larger spiritual and mythical resonances.

TEMPO

MY body could play delicate tunes, Music exquisite and thin, But I must keep it in its case Like a violin.
A Scherzo prances in my blood, Mercurial and quick; I pirouette—the box snaps tight With a malicious click.
A Saraband is not for me, It makes the varnish crack. I must play a grave, grave tune Slow and elegiac!