The wind sharpened itself on a rock;
A voice sang:
Pleasure on ground
Has no sound,
Easily maddens
The uneasy man.


The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)

Theodore Roethke Quotes

The wind sharpened itself on a rock; A voice sang: Pleasure on ground Has no sound, Easily maddens The uneasy man.

The wind sharpened itself on a rock; A voice sang: Pleasure on ground Has no sound, Easily maddens The uneasy man.

The wind sharpened itself on a rock; A voice sang: Pleasure on ground Has no sound, Easily maddens The uneasy man.

The wind sharpened itself on a rock; A voice sang: Pleasure on ground Has no sound, Easily maddens The uneasy man.