Nelly Sachs Quote

O the chimneys
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death When Israel's body drifted as smoke Through the air—
Was welcomed by a star, a chimney sweep,
A star that turned black Or was it a ray of sun?


O the Chimneys (1947)


O the chimneys On the ingeniously devised habitations of death When Israel's body drifted as smoke Through the air— Was welcomed by a star, a...

O the chimneys On the ingeniously devised habitations of death When Israel's body drifted as smoke Through the air— Was welcomed by a star, a...

O the chimneys On the ingeniously devised habitations of death When Israel's body drifted as smoke Through the air— Was welcomed by a star, a...

O the chimneys On the ingeniously devised habitations of death When Israel's body drifted as smoke Through the air— Was welcomed by a star, a...