Selected Poems of T.S. Eliot - Choruses from 'The Rock'

[Ally]

Please use this thread to discuss the following poems:

i. The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven
ii. Thus your fathers were made
iii. The Word of the Lord came unto me, saying
vii. In the beginning God created the world
ix. Son of Man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears
x. You have seen the house built, you have seen it adorned

which appear in the Choruses from 'The Rock' section of

Selected Poems of T.S. Eliot by T.S. Eliot

[Jennifer W]

I haven't quite finished these, but I was struck by the lines from part I:

"Where is Life we have lost in living?
Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"

We have so much information out there now, but less knowledge and far less wisdom, it seems. We earn "livings" but don't enjoy Life. Sad really.