Re: Biblio info on "Sleep of Condor" poem?
Posted by: Anonymous User (IP Logged)
Date: 20 June, 2003 04:54PM
Okay, so am I correct then to understand that "The Sleep of the Condor" was actually written by Charles Marie Rene Leconte De Lisle (1818-1894), but appears in translation/adaptation by Clark Ashton Smith in the book, Selected Poems (Arkham House, 1971)? Does anyone have any further information about when the poem was originally written and when Smith translated it? Thanks.
Per Dr. Farmer's question. The context for my use of the poem was a sermon given on the occasion of our church sending a person to Colombia on a Witness for Peace delegation back in Spring 2001. The Sunday also happened to be the First Sunday in Lent and the lectionary psalm was Psalm 91 where God is described as a great bird of prey, who protects his/her young under covering pinions, creating a refuge under his/her wings. I imagined God as an Andean Condor. If there is an interest, I would be happy to post the sermon.
Incidentally, the bibliographic details link on this poem misdirecting me to "The Song of the Comet." That is where I got off-track.