And here face down beneath the sun And here upon earth's noonward height To feel the always coming on The always rising of the night

Archibald MacLeish
And here face down beneath the sun And here upon...
And here face down beneath the sun And here upon...
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And here face down beneath the sunAnd here upon earth's noonward heightTo feel the always coming onThe always rising of the night"refers to our place in this world. On earth, everything is controlled by physics and we are at the mercy of those who created the physical laws. We go out during the day and we return at night. The sunset and sunrise mark the limits of our time on earth and we must accept these limits and learn to live within them.

Source: Collected Poems, 19171982

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