The wind was from the north, and it blew us a chariot of life. The night had teeth: it was sharp with teeth; the teeth were like the teeth of a saw. My mind was not at ease; my soul grew thin with age; my hands were like the hands of a child. I have seen them in the streets and heard their cries, and the old men spoke among themselves.
Gerontion
T. S. Eliot
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