Living by

Walking, snow falling, it is possible

to focus at various distances

in turn on separate flakes, sharply engage

the attention at several spatial points:

the nearer cold and more uncomfortable,

the farther distanced and almost pleasing.

Living, time passing, it is preferable

to focus the memory in turn upon

the more distant retrospects in order

that the present mind may retain its peace.

Yet knowing that seeing and remembering

are both of course personal illusions.