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Page 93
... falls And the earth takes it softly , in natural love . Exactly as we take each other . . . and go to sleep . -Fall of the Evening Star KENNETH PATCHEN Love is a sacred mystery . To those who love , it remains forever wordless ; But to ...
... falls And the earth takes it softly , in natural love . Exactly as we take each other . . . and go to sleep . -Fall of the Evening Star KENNETH PATCHEN Love is a sacred mystery . To those who love , it remains forever wordless ; But to ...
Page 254
... fall away in the hourly autumn of the body . But fertile in fall , ending as others begin , to the naivete of death they run . From the complexity of reasons gyring within reasons , of co - extensive spring and autumn , into the soil as ...
... fall away in the hourly autumn of the body . But fertile in fall , ending as others begin , to the naivete of death they run . From the complexity of reasons gyring within reasons , of co - extensive spring and autumn , into the soil as ...
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... fall And no darkness hover Round me where I lie . Let the vastness call One who was its lover , Let me breathe the ... falls pitiless and dark . Blind to good and evil , reckless of destruction , omnipotent matter rolls on its relentless ...
... fall And no darkness hover Round me where I lie . Let the vastness call One who was its lover , Let me breathe the ... falls pitiless and dark . Blind to good and evil , reckless of destruction , omnipotent matter rolls on its relentless ...
Contents
An eye comes out of the wave | 5 |
Give back life for life | 16 |
We take the future from ourselves | 27 |
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