auden more loving law
if equal affection cannot be.. let the more loving one be me.
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intro’d via maria: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/02/04/janna-levin-w-h-auden-the-more-loving-one/
THE MORE LOVING ONE
by W.H. AudenLooking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.
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via jon fb share:
All I have is a voiceTo undo the folded lie,The romantic lie in the brainOf the sensual man-in-the-streetAnd the lie of AuthorityWhose buildings grope the sky:There is no such thing as the StateAnd no one exists alone;Hunger allows no choiceTo the citizen or the police;We must love one another or die.
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i know you ness
unconditional ness et al
- love – bn
- love – is the movement
- love one another
- love people.
- love – paul know\love law
- love – Peter Kageyama – for the love of cities
- love – rilke love one another law
- love – Ronny Edry – a love story
- love – saudade – the love that stays
- love – the power of love
- love – williams love law
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