Like a rose rabbi, later, I pursued, And still pursue, the … - Wallace Stevens

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Like a rose rabbi, later, I pursued,
And still pursue, the origin and course
Of love, but until now I never knew
That fluttering things have so distinct a shade.

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Wallace Stevens (2 October 1879 – 2 August 1955) was an American modernist poet and businessman.

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If there must be a god in the house, must be,
Saying things in the rooms and on the stair,

Let him move as the sunlight moves on the floor,
Or moonlight, silently, as Plato's ghost

Or Aristotle's skeleton. Let him hang out
His stars on the wall. He must dwell quietly.

Is it he or is it I that experience this?

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

Like a rose rabbi, later, I pursued, And still pursue, the origin and course Of love, but until now I never knew That fluttering things have so disti… - Wallace Stevens

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