Extracts from On Time by John Milton and A Little Bird by Aleksandr Pushkin (trans. Louisa Long)
O Time!
(Attired with stars we shall forever sit)
In alien lands I keep the body
of ancient native rights of earth:
I let a captive bird go winging
to meet the radiant spring's rebirth.
Then all this earthly grossness quit:
Fly, envious time, till thou run out thy race!
Attired with stars we shall forever sit,
Triumphing over Death, and Chance and thee, O Time!
The audience provide an anchoring layer, around which Attired with Stars explores extracts from John Miltons On Time and Aleksandr Pushkins A Little Bird.