THE
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T. S.
ELIOT
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The Waste Land

Lines 220-223

At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives
Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea,
The typist home at teatime, clears her breakfast, lights
Her stove, and lays out food in tins.

Eliot's Note

221. This may not appear as exact as Sappho's lines, but I had in mind “longshore” or “dory” fisherman, who returns at nightfall.