Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden Under the…

Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, Will not stay still.

T.S. Eliot

Burnt Norton · 1936

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1936

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T.S. Eliot

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Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 5.

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