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It is time that beats in the breast and it is time That batters against the mind, silent and proud, The mind that knows it is destroyed by time.

Wallace Stevens
Time, Mind, Proud
Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play”, p.339, Vintage
It is time that beats in the breast and it is time That batters against the mind, silent and proud, The mind that knows it is destroyed by time.