The Cicada sing an endless song in the long grass, smells run along the earth and falling stars run over the sky, like tears over a cheek. You are the privileged person to whom everything is taken. The Kings of Tarshish shall bring gifts.
Isak DinesenAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: danish
- Born: April 17, 1885
- Died: September 7, 1962
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