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Book: Collected Poems, 1917-1982
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  1. Archibald MacLeish _ Collected Poems, 1917-1982

    And here face down beneath the sunAnd here upon earth's noonward heightTo feel the always coming onThe always rising of the night
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  2. Archibald MacLeish _ Collected Poems, 1917-1982

    Around, around the sun we go:The moon goes round the earth.We do not die of death:We die of vertigo.
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  3. Archibald MacLeish _ Collected Poems, 1917-1982

    A poem should not meanBut be.
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  4. Archibald MacLeish _ Collected Poems, 1917-1982

    A poem should be palpable and muteAs a globed fruit,DumbAs old medallions to the thumb,Silent as the sleeve-worn stoneOf casement ledges where the moss has grown-A poem should be wordlessAs the flight of birds.A poem should be motionless in timeAs the moon climbs,Leaving, as the moon releasesTwig by twig the night-entangled trees,Leaving, as the moon behind the winter leaves,Memory by memory the mind-A poem should be motionless in timeAs the moon climbs.A poem should be equal to:Not true.For all the history of griefAn empty doorway and a maple leaf.For loveThe leaning grasses and two lights above the sea-A poem should not meanBut be."
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