Another poet strongly influenced by Santayana was Wallace Stevens, who studied under him. He is the philosopher of the title of this poem, published in 1954:
But from the tomb of his body and his terrible conundrum, he wrote quite a sonnet. As neither the dumb beasts or blessed angels do, only wretched mortals.
Had he taken religion a bit more seriously, he might have found that though the pain of separation is always apparent, so too is the joy of union, when one awakens to it.
Another poet strongly influenced by Santayana was Wallace Stevens, who studied under him. He is the philosopher of the title of this poem, published in 1954:
https://www.poeticous.com/wallace-stevens/to-an-old-philosopher-in-rome
Or if the angels do, they don't seem to submit them for publication.
But from the tomb of his body and his terrible conundrum, he wrote quite a sonnet. As neither the dumb beasts or blessed angels do, only wretched mortals.
Had he taken religion a bit more seriously, he might have found that though the pain of separation is always apparent, so too is the joy of union, when one awakens to it.