Time Cannot Be Worn


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Time Cannot Be Worn...

by Hart Crane


Time cannot be worn strapped to the supple wrist
Like any buckled jewel or bangle; no,
Lady, though the fingers that attach it twist
The oyster from its shell, may guide the bow
Across cool strings that lift a lasting claim
Upon Eternity. No, Lady,



[copyright Liveright Publishing, 1933]

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