Linos melodised melic

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Godlike lad Linos ~ cruelly slain with his own lyre ~ melodised melic

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_(mythology)

my translation from Rainer Maria Rilke, Orpheus #1

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Beasts came out of stillness, out of the clearly thinned forest, a covert for darkest desire...

"Tiere aus Stille drangen aus dem klaren gelösten Wald.. ein Unterschlupf aus dunkelstem Verlangen..." Rilke

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hat tip at Rilke

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to moonlit water ~ sculling clouds above scudding ~ such things say I am

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famine

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2011 was a poor year for nut production and storage. Local squirrels are now eating one another alive. There may be some lesson here.

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cannibal squirrels ~ unsparing chase and battle ~ death sole hieron

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Magna Mater

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'Twon't be long now, said the The Great Mother in the hypnagogic visions of her Galli postulants.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybele

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