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THE SEEKING OF SELF by VYACHESLAV IVANOVICH IVANOV

Poem Explanation

First Line: DYING, THE SEED WILL DISCOVER THE SELF IT FINDS IN THE LOSING
Last Line: PURER AND PURER THE SOUND, CLEARER THE FORE-UTTERED WORD.
Subject(s): SELF;

Dying, the seed will discover the self it finds in the losing.
That is, oh, Nature, thy law! That is thy lesson, oh, Man!
Hearing dark music, the poet knoweth no rest; he abideth—
Purer and purer the sound, clearer the fore-uttered word.



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