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" O heart, heart, so singularly
Intransigent and corruptible,
Here we lie entranced by the starlit water,
And moments that should each last forever

Slide unconsciously by us like water.

— Kenneth Rexroth, from “Another Spring,” One Hundred Poems from the Chinese. (New Directions January 17, 1971) Originally published 1956. "

― Kenneth Rexroth , One Hundred Poems from the Chinese

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Kenneth Rexroth quote : O heart, heart, so singularly<br />Intransigent and corruptible,<br />Here we lie entranced by the starlit water,<br />And moments that should each last forever<br /><br />Slide unconsciously by us like water.<br /><br />— Kenneth Rexroth, from “Another Spring,” <i>One Hundred Poems from the Chinese</i>. (New Directions January 17, 1971) Originally published 1956.
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