I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
And nothing
happens! Nothing ... Silence ... Waves.
- Nothing happens? Or Has everything happened,
and we are standing now, quietly, in the new life? (Juan Ramón Jiménez)

I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothing happens! Nothing ... Silence ... Waves. - Nothing happens? Or Has everything happened, and we are standing now, quietly, in the new life?

Juan Ramón Jiménez

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