{"id":18234,"date":"2026-04-17T23:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=18234"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T03:26:59","slug":"rather-glass-thats-taught-by-patient-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=18234","title":{"rendered":"Rather glass that&#8217;s taught by patient labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e460dcaa6a9&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e460dcaa6a9\" class=\"aligncenter is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52837744590_74619f64fe_b.jpg?w=739&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AG2023_1044564a\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6669995361129344;width:450px;height:auto\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AG2023_1044564a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>What is poetry? Is it a mosaic\u00a0<br \/>Of coloured stones which curiously are wrought\u00a0<br \/>Into a pattern? Rather glass that&#8217;s taught\u00a0<br \/><mark style=\"background-color:#f0f7d4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">By patient labor<\/mark> any hue to take\u00a0<br \/>And glowing with a sumptuous splendor, <mark style=\"background-color:#f0f7d4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">make\u00a0<br \/>Beauty a thing of awe;<\/mark> where sunbeams caught,\u00a0<br \/>Transmuted fall in sheafs of rainbows fraught\u00a0<br \/>With storied meaning for religion&#8217;s sake.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/fragment\">Fragment<\/a>, Amy Lowell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We two, how long we were fool\u2019d,<br \/><mark style=\"background-color:#f0f7d4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Now transmuted, we swiftly escape<\/mark> as Nature escapes,<br \/>We are Nature, long have we been absent, but now we return,<br \/>We become plants, trunks, foliage, roots, bark,<br \/>We are bedded in the ground, we are rocks,<br \/>We are oaks, we grow in the openings side by side,<br \/>We browse, we are two among the wild herds spontaneous\u00a0as any,<br \/>We are two fishes swimming in the sea together,<br \/>We are what locust blossoms are, we drop scent around\u00a0lanes mornings and evenings,<br \/>We are also the coarse smut of beasts, vegetables, minerals,<br \/>We are two predatory hawks, we soar above and look down,<br \/>We are two resplendent suns, <mark style=\"background-color:#f0f7d4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">we it is who balance ourselves\u00a0orbic and stellar<\/mark>, we are as two comets,<br \/>We prowl fang\u2019d and four-footed in the woods, we spring\u00a0on prey,<br \/>We are two clouds forenoons and afternoons driving overhead,<br \/>We are seas mingling, we are two of those cheerful waves rolling over each other and interwetting each other,<br \/><mark style=\"background-color:#f0f7d4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">We are what the atmosphere is, transparent, receptive, pervious, impervious,<\/mark><br \/>We are snow, rain, cold, darkness, <mark style=\"background-color:#f0f7d4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">we are each product and\u00a0influence of the globe<\/mark>,<br \/>We have circled and circled till we have arrived home again,\u00a0we two,<br \/><mark style=\"background-color:#f0f7d4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">We have voided all but freedom and all but our own joy<\/mark>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/we-two-how-long-we-were-foold\">We Two, How Long We Were Fool\u2019d<\/a>, Walt Whitman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is poetry? Is it a mosaic\u00a0Of coloured stones which curiously are wrought\u00a0Into a pattern? Rather glass that&#8217;s taught\u00a0By patient labor any hue to take\u00a0And glowing with a sumptuous splendor, make\u00a0Beauty a thing of awe; where sunbeams caught,\u00a0Transmuted fall in sheafs of rainbows fraught\u00a0With storied meaning for religion&#8217;s sake.\u00a0 Fragment, Amy Lowell We two, how&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=18234\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rather glass that&#8217;s taught by patient labor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[390,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language","category-studio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14199,"url":"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=14199","url_meta":{"origin":18234,"position":0},"title":"I ordered my heart to be patient","author":"dig","date":"August 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Bolster our psychological immune system (via theguardian) : position our perspective in a neutral zone rather than see through a negative bias; try to be in present moment; aim for the meaningful and purposeful; accept how, where\/when, and what we are while we are in as we experience difficulties in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;landscape&quot;","block_context":{"text":"landscape","link":"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"AG2019_1810677a","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48532985466_7d8b104675_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48532985466_7d8b104675_b.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48532985466_7d8b104675_b.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18064,"url":"https:\/\/dig.thenextfewhours.com\/blog\/?p=18064","url_meta":{"origin":18234,"position":1},"title":"[Hyperallergic] A Surprisingly Enjoyable Show About Critical Theory, Cat Dawson","author":"dig","date":"February 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An exhibition about the influence of French critical theory on American art finds inspiration in diasporic thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire. 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