“Auto Mirror” by Adam Zagajewski
“Auto Mirror”
Adam Zagajewski
In the rear-view mirror suddenly
I saw the bulk of the Beauvais Cathedral:
great things dwell in small ones
for a moment.
[Trans. by Czeslaw Milosz and Robert Hass]
Note: The Beauvais Cathedral, built during the Middle Ages north of Paris, is also known as the gravity-defying church – at one time the tallest Christian monument with the highest ceiling until the lantern tower collapsed.
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