Richard Wilbur - The soul shrinks From all that it is about to...

The soul shrinks From all that it is about to remember, From the punctual rape of every blessed day, And cries, Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry, Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.

Richard Wilbur

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The soul shrinks From all that it is about to remember, From the punctual rape of every blessed day, And cries, Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry, Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam And clear dances done in the sight of heaven.

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