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Saint-John Perse
French
Diplomat
Born:
May 31
,
1887
Died:
Sep 20
,
1975
Age
Enough
Guilty
Man
Men
Poet
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Astronomers have been bewildered by the theory of an expanding universe, but there is no less expansion in the moral infinite of the universe of man. As far as the frontiers of science are pushed back, over the extended arc of these frontiers one will hear the poet's hounds on the chase.
Saint-John Perse
Man
Science
Will
Poet
Universe
Back
Moral
Arc
Chase
Pushed
Over
Bewildered
Hound
Hear
Been
Expanding
Expansion
Infinite
Frontiers
As Far As
Far
Less
Theory
Extended
The poet existed among the cave men; he will exist among men of the atomic age, for he is an inherent part of man. Even religions have been born from the need for poetry, which is a spiritual need, and it is through the grace of poetry that the divine spark lives forever in the human flint.
Saint-John Perse
Spiritual
Man
Age
Grace
Will
Men
Poet
Religions
Born
Atomic
Poetry
Through
Divine
He
Part
Been
Exist
Existed
Cave
Forever
Human
Which
Spark
Inherent
Flint
Even
Lives
Among
Need
Poetry allies itself with beauty - a supreme union - but never uses it as its ultimate goal or sole nourishment.
Saint-John Perse
Beauty
Sole
Poetry
Allies
Never
Supreme
Ultimate
Ultimate Goal
Goal
Itself
Union
Nourishment
Uses
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