Go not away too soon, beloved dream!’”
Albert Mockel is a fine musician and an excellent critic, as well as a good poet, a combination which is very rare. He is learned, subtle and brilliant. “Chantefable un peu Naïve” and “Clartés” contain musical notations of rhythms.
I give here part of one of his poems called
THE CHANDELIER
“Jewels, ribbons, naked necks,
And the living bouquet that the corsage decks;
Women, undulating the soft melody
Of gestures languishing, surrendering—
And the vain, scattered patter of swift words—
Silken vestures floating, faces bright,