Edwin Arlington

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    “Are we no greater than the noise we make
    Along one blind atomic pilgrimage
    Whereon by crass chance billeted we go
    Because our brains and bones and cartilage
    Will have it so?”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    “Black water, smooth above the weir
    Like starry velvet in the night,
    Though ruffled once, would soon appear
    The same as ever to the sight.”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)