"The moon draws back its waters from the shore. By the lake's edge, I see a silver swan, And she is what I would. In this light air, Lost opposites bend down — Sing of that nothing of which all is made, Or listen into silence, like a god."
Theodore Roethke

January 1, 1970

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"The Swan," ll. 15-20

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