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Transparent Things & Schiller's Ode to the Joy
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Cherubim being mentioned by R. in his last letter to his Publisher (TT, 21), these lines from Schiller's Ode an die Freude seem relevent:
Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben,
Und der Cherub steht vor Gott.
Voluptuousness was given to the worm,
and the cherub stands before God.
Also,Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum. ,
We enter, fire-imbibed,
Heavenly, thy sanctuary.
Of course, Mrs Richard F. Schiller is Lolita's married name.
Alexey Sklyarenko
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Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben,
Und der Cherub steht vor Gott.
Voluptuousness was given to the worm,
and the cherub stands before God.
Also,Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum. ,
We enter, fire-imbibed,
Heavenly, thy sanctuary.
Of course, Mrs Richard F. Schiller is Lolita's married name.
Alexey Sklyarenko
Search archive with Google:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
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