Signs are taken for wonders. 'We would see a sign!' The word within a word, unable to speak a word, Swaddled with darkness.
More from Thomas Stearns Eliot
Here I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain.
Permalink to quote #26 Weave the wind. I have no ghosts, An old man in a draughty house Under a windy knob.
Permalink to quote #28 Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.
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