The pilot of the droning plane above cannot conceive
\nthe lazy summer sound his craft’s exploding pistons leave
\nto swim through waves of warmth to us, who, watching far below,
\nin turn cannot conceive the kinesthesia he must know.
\nSit and listen, how the swimmers splash across the lake;
\nthey can never step away and hear the sounds they make,
\nand so are only singing, never listen to the song.
\nThe dead can stand detached, but cannot live through life along
\nwith swimmers, pilots, all: the superficial and the rest,
\nwho feel life’s essence; we, apart but feeling, can know best
\ntheir vices and their virtues — climbing hopes and crawling fears;
\nour power to observe outweighs the retrospect of years.
\nThings which cannot feel themselves are also in our view:
\nTin roofs dulled with rust, a live oak’s mottled shade, a hue
\nof sunset’s autumn: such as these we add to our wide store
\nof feelings and appraisals, which, combined, make something more.<\/p>\n
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