Grzan - Don Quixotes Impossible Dream

AuthorHouse 1663 Liberty Drive Bloomington, IN 47403 www.authorhouse.com Phone: 1-800-839-8640 2011 by David P. Grzan. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author. First published by AuthorHouse 12/16/2011 ISBN: 978-1-4670-3702-0 (sc) ISBN: 978-1-4670-3701-3 (hc) ISBN: 978-1-4670-3700-6 (ebk) Library of Congress Control Number: 2011961627 Printed in the United States of America Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only. Certain stock imagery Thinkstock.

This book is printed on acid-free paper. Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them. Contents Don Quixotes and Dulcineas A gift of chivalric love expressed in the spirit of the most famous quixotic knight errant, Don Quixote de La Mancha. Special Acknowledgement Inspired by the incomparable novel: The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha Written by: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) . . a knight-errant so that he could achieve eternal renown and fame. cobrase eterno nombre y fama Part 1.1 To what end? To win his loveDulcinea! Enter into the imagination of Don Quixote, become the country gentleman turned knight errant, and envision you and your love romanced by the Impossible Dream. cobrase eterno nombre y fama Part 1.1 To what end? To win his loveDulcinea! Enter into the imagination of Don Quixote, become the country gentleman turned knight errant, and envision you and your love romanced by the Impossible Dream.

Don Quixote epitomized the ideals of chivalric romance, ever constant in his quest to follow that star of truth, by dedicating his life and love to the only lady who inspired him to great deeds, Dulcinea del Toboso. This open valentine honors that quest as well as those noble-minded exp r essions of l o v e, sacrifice, and respect, that, when taken together, makes possible; perchance, the impossible dream . Furthermore, this artistic affirmation attempts to encapsulate the rarefied spirit of one of the greatest tales of all timeof course, not without the requisite dosage of poetic license needed to pave over the underlying story with mystic gold. The poem cycle strives to convey both the timeless immediacy and the transcendent durability of the heroic love portrayed in Cervantes tale. The chivalric love between Don Quixote and Dulcinea has been immortalized in literature and the performing arts for generations of fans. The improbability of the two consummating their love was arguably insurmountable, given that Dulcinea was but a figment of Quixotes romantic imagination; then again, what if she were real? The poem explores some alternative possibilities of Don Quixotes impossible dream, in an attempt at inspiring us all to reach the unreachable star within ourselves.

Don Quixote, the gallant idealist, dedicates himself unconditionally to Dulcinea; his quest remains as relevant today as when Miguel de Cervantes first penned the story: it is the dream that matters, and the empowering feelings that are stirred in those who follow it. The poem indulges in a fair measure of religious sentiment, with an emphasis on Christian piety as well as nods to other great religions, belief systems, and philosophical matters. This romantic epic is set against a sequence of suffering, self-discovery, gradual enlightenment, and ultimately the true state of being human. Don Quixote, the country gentleman, is the valiant knight-errant, for whom such a glorious transformation could not have been possible without the love, devotion and confidence that only Dulcinea could inspire. Don Quixotes and Dulcineas love is timeless and romantic. If these traits capture your imagination and you wish to share your feelings with the one you love, then this epic poem may, and I hope it does, help to express your emotions; and, moreover, it may inspire you to emulate the spirit of that love as you reach out for that one impossible star.

The regular interpolation of pictures and quotations within the poem, along with the annotations and glossary found at the end of this work, is designed as a contextual guide to the expressions, circumstances, and themes portrayed therein. I hope you, and your true love (real or imagined) will derive extraordinary enjoyment from the essential and universal truths expressed in this writing, the very center of which is the love shared between Don Quixote and Dulcinea. I concur with the knight himself that all people who remain true to the quest will make possible their own impossible dreams, now and forever. Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1How may I treat and retail our love? 2By what quantum shall I measure? 3Or which comparisons might reveal? 4On whose authority can anyone attest? 5What paragon of indivisible definitiveness may vie 6To give a name to each and every manner, kind, and 7Shade of love that weve uncovered and now possess? 8Until I knew the essence of my awakened self, courtesy 9Of the authentic catholicon enciphered in the picturesque 10Tableaus of her especial joie de vivre , I was self-conscripted 11As a mutineer armed to the teeth, waging crusades against myself. 16Post hoc, I was spoored, sicced and spurred by that dast a rdly ghoulish 17Demon lurking in dwale. 16Post hoc, I was spoored, sicced and spurred by that dast a rdly ghoulish 17Demon lurking in dwale.

Trespasses against myself, trespassers 18Within myself, trespasses without myself, enjoin my conscience. O 19Peremptory rage, trowelling on the sevens, reaping selfdom triumphs, 20Negating the naught, master of thoughts, over-lording the Fates 21Unforgiving mindset; woe to me! The depending sword expostulated 22Ominously over me! Branking at the brink of oblivions indefinite 23Margin, I checked my fatal advancement; being provoked perforce 24To a desperate urgency, fueled by an unremitting need to 25Shore up my avidity. Tormented, I roused my velleity to defect 26From my feral id, to seek out, with a decisively jealous volition, 27The present being of my alterity. Not wanting for plaudits 28Hollow or craving fame heroic nor shall I look for 29Prestige fugacious; striving instead, peradventure, toward my 30Panglossian aspiration, the quest for the impossible dream 31That spells the love I love to dream possible with her. God bears with the wicked, but not forever. 37A most remorseless inquisitor, mer c iless, his e v iscerating anarchy 38Reigned absolute, meddling officiously and flagrantly subverting all 39The par l iamentary ses s ions gov e rning my s hi p of st a te. 37A most remorseless inquisitor, mer c iless, his e v iscerating anarchy 38Reigned absolute, meddling officiously and flagrantly subverting all 39The par l iamentary ses s ions gov e rning my s hi p of st a te.