I have tried to give the whole poem double, and at times rather contradicting, meanings.
Imagine the "with all knowledge" lines are in italics.
TITLE: Gerontion
the turtle grows scar
let roses on the shore limp
ing away nightly
with all knowledge
"let the roses be
'neath thy feet soften the sand
for thou art my Rose"
with all knowledge
the sun arose a–
". . . rose is a rose is a rose . . ."–
gain to waive away
with all knowledge
Imagine the "with all knowledge" lines are in italics.
TITLE: Gerontion
the turtle grows scar
let roses on the shore limp
ing away nightly
with all knowledge
"let the roses be
'neath thy feet soften the sand
for thou art my Rose"
with all knowledge
the sun arose a–
". . . rose is a rose is a rose . . ."–
gain to waive away
with all knowledge