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And, capable, created in his mind,
Eventual victor, out of the martyrs’ bones
The ultimate elegance: the imagined land.
Parts of a World (1942)
After the final no there comes a yes
And on that yes the future world depends.
No was the night. Yes is this present sun.
Parts of a World (1942)
One thing remaining, infallible, would be
Enough.
Parts of a World (1942)
Light
Is the lion that comes down to drink.
Parts of a World (1942)
One’s grand flights, one’s Sunday baths,
One’s tootings at the weddings of the soul
Occur as they occur.
Parts of a World (1942)
Out of a thing believed, a thing affirmed:
The form on the pillow humming while one sleeps,
The aureole above the humming house...
It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.
Parts of a World (1942)
A. A violent order is disorder; and
B. A great disorder is an order. These
Two things are one.
Parts of a World (1942)
The prologues are over. It is a question, now,
Of final belief. So, say that final belief
Must be in a fiction. It is time to choose.
Parts of a World (1942)