Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day
Delmore Schwartz (December 8, 1913 – July 11, 1966) was an American poet and short story writer.
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“Theres only one way for an individual to remain upright, not to fall to pieces, not to sink into the mire of self-oblivion ... or self-contempt. Thats calmly to turn away from everything, to say, Enough! and, folding ones useless arms across ones empty breast, to retain the ultimate, the sole attainable virtue, the virtue of recognizing ones own insignificance.”
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their moaning is a prayer for death,
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But I saw no sign.”
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