Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat…

T. S. Eliot
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Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than the will Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still ✨ Ash-Wednesday l. 34 (1930)
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