February 3, 2006
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Washington Ballet
Related material:
Log 24, Sunday, January 29, 2006,
and links in the previous entry–
A Contrapuntal Theme and
Good Will Writing.
Beauty is momentary in the mind–
The fitful tracing of a portal;
But in the flesh it is immortal.
The body dies; the body’s beauty lives.
So evenings die, in their green going,
A wave, interminably flowing.
So gardens die, their meek breath scenting
The cowl of winter, done repenting.
So maidens die, to the auroral
Celebration of a maiden’s choral.
– Wallace Stevens,
“Peter Quince at the Clavier”
