T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
“Our emotions
Are only “incidents”
In the effort to keep day and night together.”
A Note on War Poetry, st. 3-4
“The heavy burden of the growing soul
Perplexes and offends more, day by day;
Week by week, offends and perplexes more
With the imperatives of “is and seems”
And may and may not, desire and control.”
Animula
“The dreamcrossed twilight between birth and dying.”
Ash-Wednesday
“Consequently I rejoice, having to construct something
Upon which to rejoice.”
Ash-Wednesday