terra incognita

January 23, 2010 at 6:07pm
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O’er seas that have no beaches
To end their waves upon,
I floated with twelve peaches,
A sofa and a swan.

The blunt waves crashed above us
The sharp waves burst around,
There was no one to love us,
No hope of being found —

Where, on the notched horizon
So endlessly a-drip,
I saw all of a sudden
No sign of any ship.

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— Mervyn Peake

PS. Gormenghast, en sevdigim uc bes fantastik romandan biridir. Peake’in romanlarina sinen o kasvetli hava ve o havayi susleyen ince mizah, siirlerine de nufus etmekteymis megersem..

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