Notes

Wallace Stevens
Auroras of Autumn

Farewell to an idea ... The cancellings,
The negations are never final. The father sits
In space, wherever he sits, of bleak regard,

As one that is strong in the bushes of his eyes.
He says no to no and yes to yes. He says yes
To no; and in saying yes he says farewell.

Auroras of Autumn (1950)