T.S. Eliot book The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men (1925) <br class="br">Context: This is the dead land<br>This is cactus land<br>Here the stone images<br>Are raised, here they receive<br>The supplication of a dead man's hand<br>Under the twinkle of a fading star.<br>[... ]<br>The eyes are not here<br>There are no eyes here<br>In this valley of dying stars<br>In this hollow valley<br>This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms<br> In this last of meeting places<br>We grope together<br>And avoid speech<br> http://aduni.org/~heather/occs/honors/Notesonpoem.htm#fiftysevensixtyGathered on this beach of the tumid river<br> Sightless, unless<br>The eyes reappear http://aduni.org/~heather/occs/honors/Notesonpoem.htm#sixtyonesixtytwo<br> As the perpetual star<br>Multifoliate rose http://aduni.org/~heather/occs/honors/Notesonpoem.htm#sixtyfoursixtythree<br>Of death's twilight kingdom<br>The hope only<br>Of empty men.