{"id":7169,"date":"2011-07-18T18:51:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T01:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/cosmicvariance\/?p=7169"},"modified":"2011-07-18T18:51:57","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T01:51:57","slug":"the-force-that-through-the-green-fuse-drives-the-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/18\/the-force-that-through-the-green-fuse-drives-the-flower\/","title":{"rendered":"The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gummyprint.com\/blog\/the-force-of-time-the-force-that-through-the-green-fuse-drives-the-flower-by-dylan-thomas\/\">Dylan Thomas<\/a>.  I was led there by a <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/118265897954929480050\/posts\/F8GxoADc2Gw?hl=en\">quote from Annie Dillard<\/a>, which in turn I found in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thermodynamics-Dynamical-Approach-Princeton-Mathematics\/dp\/0691123276\/\">book about thermodynamics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The force that through the green fuse drives the flower<br \/>\nDrives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees<br \/>\nIs my destroyer.<br \/>\nAnd I am dumb to tell the crooked rose<br \/>\nMy youth is bent by the same wintry fever.<\/p>\n<p>The force that drives the water through the rocks<br \/>\nDrives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams<br \/>\nTurns mine to wax.<br \/>\nAnd I am dumb to mouth unto my veins<br \/>\nHow at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.<\/p>\n<p>The hand that whirls the water in the pool<br \/>\nStirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind<br \/>\nHauls my shroud sail.<br \/>\nAnd I am dumb to tell the hanging man<br \/>\nHow of my clay is made the hangman&#8217;s lime.<\/p>\n<p>The lips of time leech to the fountain head;<br \/>\nLove drips and gathers, but the fallen blood<br \/>\nShall calm her sores.<br \/>\nAnd I am dumb to tell a weather&#8217;s wind<br \/>\nHow time has ticked a heaven round the stars.<\/p>\n<p>And I am dumb to tell the lover&#8217;s tomb<br \/>\nHow at my sheet goes the same crooked worm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dylan Thomas. I was led there by a quote from Annie Dillard, which in turn I found in a book about thermodynamics. The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer. And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}