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Time Quotes
Upon the floor of light, and time,Unmurmuring […] We rest; (9-11)
Passivity Quotes
and thus the scene,Recessed, awaits the positive night. So, waiting, we in the grass now lieBeneath the languorous tread of light (3-6)
Man and the Natural World Quotes
Upon the floor of light, and time,Unmurmuring, of polyp made,We rest; we are, as light withdraws,Twin atolls on a shelf of shade. (5-8)
Death Quotes
Passion and slaughter, ruth, decayDescend, minutely whispering down, (21-22)