The toll of a bell means death. Night closes in, the metronome will stop, the bell will ring or toll. The poem is about my fear that my poetical powers are fading. Still I will go as far as I can and not complain.
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If I had fylly understood the last verse I could have thought of its translation!
The toll of a bell means death. Night closes in, the metronome will stop, the bell will ring or toll. The poem is about my fear that my poetical powers are fading. Still I will go as far as I can and not complain.