KNOWLEDGE

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Now that I know
How passion warms little
Of flesh in the mould,
And treasure is brittle,--

I'll lie here and learn
How, over their ground
Trees make a long shadow
And a light sound.

- Louise Bogan, born 11 August 1897.

American poet who as poetry editor of The New Yorker magazine for nearly 40 years played a major role in shaping mainstream poetic sensibilities of the mid-20th Century. She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945.