On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:24:05 -0700, michael sylvester wrote: >I am trying to pinpoint the exact wording of a phrase either from >the works of TS Eliot or Sinclair Lewis.Has something to do about >wandering around and finally returning to the point where one began.
It's Eliot and the poem is "Four Quartets", part 2 "East Coker". Below is a quote and the link to a website containing the poem: In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass. Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires, Old fires to ashes, and ashes to the earth Which is already flesh, fur and faeces, Bone of man and beast, cornstalk and leaf. Houses live and die: there is a time for building And a time for living and for generation And a time for the wind to break the loosened pane And to shake the wainscot where the field-mouse trots And to shake the tattered arras woven with a silent motto. For the rest of the poem, see: http://www.tristan.icom43.net/quartets/coker.html -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
