Black are the horses.
The horseshoes are black.
On the dark capes glisten stains of ink and of wax.
Their skulls are leaden, which is why they don't weep.
With their patent leather souls they come down the street.


Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard (Romance de la Guardia Civil Espanola) (1928)

Federico García Lorca Quotes

Black are the horses. The horseshoes are black. On the dark capes glisten stains of ink and of wax. Their skulls are leaden, which is why they don't...

Black are the horses. The horseshoes are black. On the dark capes glisten stains of ink and of wax. Their skulls are leaden, which is why they don't...

Black are the horses. The horseshoes are black. On the dark capes glisten stains of ink and of wax. Their skulls are leaden, which is why they don't...

Black are the horses. The horseshoes are black. On the dark capes glisten stains of ink and of wax. Their skulls are leaden, which is why they don't...