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Quotes from Contemplation of The Sword — Robinson Jeffers

1887–1962 United States

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Reason will not decide at last; the sword will decide.
The sword: an obsolete instrument of bronze or steel,
formerly used to kill men, but here
In the sense of a symbol.

Contemplation of The Sword (1938)

Dear God, who are the whole splendor of things and the sacred
stars, but also the cruelty and greed, the treacheries
And vileness, insanities and filth and anguish: now that this
thing comes near us again I am finding it hard
To praise you with a whole heart.

Contemplation of The Sword (1938)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robinson Jeffers (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.