History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
~ Seamus Heaney in THE CURE AT TROY: A VERSION OF SOPHOCLES' PHILOCTETES
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Spirit that hears each one of us, hears all that is -- Listens, listens, hears us out -- inspire us now! Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat. And also within the flowered ground beneath our feet. We can hear it in water, in wood, and even in stone. We are earth of this earth, and we are bone of this bone. This is a prayer I sing, for we have forgotten this and so the earth is perishing.