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Denise Levertov - Variation On A Theme By Rilke
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A certain day became a presence to me;
	there it was, confronting me—a sky, air, light:
	a being. And before it started to descend
	from the height of noon, it leaned over
	and struck my shoulder as if with
	the flat of a sword, granting me
	honor and a task. The day`s blow
	rang out, metallic—or it was I, a bell awakened,
	and what I heard was my whole self
	saying and singing what it knew: I can.
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