"What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make and end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from. And every phrase
And sentence that is right (where every word is at home,
Taking its place to support the others,
The word neither diffident nor ostentatious,
An easy commerce of the old and the new,
The common word exact without vulgarity,
The formal word precise but not pedantic,
The complete consort dancing together)
Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, '
And to make and end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from. And every phrase
And sentence that is right (where every word is at home,
Taking its place to support the others,
The word neither diffident nor ostentatious,
An easy commerce of the old and the new,
The common word exact without vulgarity,
The formal word precise but not pedantic,
The complete consort dancing together)
Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, '
Eliot makes a point that brought goosebumps to me when I read this. There is never a true ending or beginning to our own personal story." The end is where we start from" means that just because we think its over theres nothing that can get better or worse in our life there is anoter beginning starting in that moment. I have always thought there was a definte end and beginnging yet Eliot descibes it as though it is always continously flowing with each word and punctuation. Our different memories collide together like a dance and make up who we are. This gives another perspective of how unique and beautiful each person is and the beginning and ends that formed them.
I commented on Darby's.
I commented on Darby's.
I thought of the ever-widening gyre. Within Christ, life is a constant circle of his magnification.
ReplyDeleteI love Eliot's obsession with time, especially in the first quartet. His explanation of time makes me wonder why I never pondered the subject.
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