--- T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding (No. 4 of the "Four Quartets")
V
What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start from. . . .
. . .
With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this
Calling
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
. . .
Quick now, here, now, always—
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flame are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.
