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December 30, 2008

drive my dead thoughts over the universe

Drive my dead thoughts over the universe,
Like wither'd leaves, to quicken a new birth;
And, by the incantation of this verse,

Scatter, as from an unextinguish'd hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!

--Percy Shelley, Ode to the West Wind

Posted by ali at December 30, 2008 2:07 AM