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" I've recovered my tenderness by long looking;
I'm a Socrates of small fury.
The waves bends with the fish. I'm taught
As water teaches stone. Believe me, extremest oriole,
I can hear light on a dry day.
The world is where we fling it; I'm leaving where I am. "

Theodore Roethke


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Theodore Roethke quote : I've recovered my tenderness by long looking;<br />I'm a Socrates of small fury.<br />The waves bends with the fish. I'm taught<br />As water teaches stone. Believe me, extremest oriole,<br />I can hear light on a dry day.<br />The world is where we fling it; I'm leaving where I am.