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... final movement of ' Burnt Norton ' , are a few lines which speak of that moment : Words move , music moves Only in time ; but that which is only living Can only die . Words , after speech , reach Into the silence . Only by the form ...
... final movement of ' Burnt Norton ' , are a few lines which speak of that moment : Words move , music moves Only in time ; but that which is only living Can only die . Words , after speech , reach Into the silence . Only by the form ...
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... final work will be different - a surprise to the author himself ' . In an essay written for a French periodical he said : The idea behind a poem will always be less than the meaning of the poem ; the meaning depends as much on the ...
... final work will be different - a surprise to the author himself ' . In an essay written for a French periodical he said : The idea behind a poem will always be less than the meaning of the poem ; the meaning depends as much on the ...
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... final form without correction , for no drafts remain , but I should guess that it did , or nearly so . For the other lyrics which constitute the fourth part of each Quartet , we have drafts , and thus can peer through a window on to the ...
... final form without correction , for no drafts remain , but I should guess that it did , or nearly so . For the other lyrics which constitute the fourth part of each Quartet , we have drafts , and thus can peer through a window on to the ...
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