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" What is older than desire?
the bare tree asked.
Sorrow, said the sky.
Sorrow is a river
older than desire.

— Robert Hass, from “February: Question” in “February Notebooks: The Rains,” Summer Snow: New Poems (Ecco, 2020) "

― Robert Hass , Summer Snow: New Poems

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Robert Hass quote : What is older than desire?<br />the bare tree asked.<br />Sorrow, said the sky.<br />Sorrow is a river<br />older than desire.<br /><br />— Robert Hass, from “February: Question” in “February Notebooks: The Rains,” <i>Summer Snow: New Poems</i> (Ecco, 2020)
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