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T. S. Eliot on Easter

1888–1965 England

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Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger.
Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.

Choruses from The Rock (1934)

The only hope, or else despair
Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre —
To be redeemed from fire by fire.

Upon the glazen shelves kept watch
Matthew and Waldo, guardians of the faith,
The army of unalterable law.

Prufrock and Other Observations (1917)

Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn
Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope
I no longer strive to strive towards such things
(Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?)
Why should I mourn
The vanished power of the usual reign?

Ash-Wednesday (1930)

Although I do not hope to turn again
Although I do not hope
Although I do not hope to turn

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope
For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love,
For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith
But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought:
So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: T. S. Eliot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.