Keeping time,
Keeping the rhythm in their dancing
As in their living in the living seasons
The time of the seasons and the constellations
The time of milking and the time of harvest
The time of the coupling of man and woman
And that of beasts. Feet rising and falling. Eating and drinking. Dung and death.

T.S. Eliot

Four Quartets

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Topic

Rhythm of life

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

East Coker Four Quartets

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. "East Coker." New English Weekly, Mar. 1940.

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Topic
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T.S. Eliot
Source
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Medium
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Language
English
Time
1934 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 1.

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You've got to be taught
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
Source
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Medium
Song Musical
Genre
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Language
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Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

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Another quote from 1940

When you wish upon a star,
Makes no difference who you are,
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Speaker
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Actor
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Source
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Medium
Song Film
Genre
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Language
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Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

"When You Wish Upon a Star." Pinocchio. Composed by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington, performed by Cliff Edwards. Walt Disney Productions, 1940.