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THE PILOT - ZaunköniG - 24.06.2007 The skilful pilot from the windy prow Watches far off the markings of the sea, And knows, long-studied in its charactery, What rocks, what shoals, what currents hide below. This can the skilful pilot do, with brow Serene and certain; but not so to me That mouth, those eyes, a subtler mystery, Yield up the secrets of the heart. I know, Poring upon the soul-chart of your face, That all my searching, all my skill are vain. I do but follow on some broken trace, And please myself with guessing. Joy concurs With grief, but neither can the script explain, So veiled and various are the characters. |