“Nothing was done, and nothing seemed capable of being done” –@mobydickatsea
"HEPTONSTALL OLD CHURCH
A great bird landed here.
Its song drew men out of rock,
Living men out of bog and heather.
Its song put a light in the valleys
And harness on the long moors.
Its song brought a crystal from space
And set it in men's heads.
Then the bird died.
Its giant bones
Blackened and became a mystery.
The crystal in men's heads
Blackened and fell to pieces.
The valleys went out.
The moorland broke loose."
--Ted Hughes
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