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Book of Twilight, by Pablo Neruda, William O'Daly

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“One must be kind and give oneself to everyone,
there is no other way to live

but to be sweet. Give yourself to people
as do mountain slopes to the earth.

Don’t be afraid. Don’t think.
Give to give again.

Who gives of himself never ends
because in him is the pulp of the divine.

Like the waters of the rivers give themselves
to the sea, my brother, without end!

May my song in your life gild what you desire.
May your goodwill turn into light what you see.
May your life be as such.”

—from “The Refrain is the Turk
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