"How I long to lie down in some gully, alone and untrammeled! But I laugh at myself: an old madman growing older, growing madder."

"The river is so wide, even the birds can’t cross it."

"I've watched the spring pass away again, When will I be able to return?"

"The city has fallen: only the hills and rivers remain. In Spring the streets were green with grass and trees."

"My heart is in a world of water and crystal, My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains."