Tuesday, January 17, 2012

more from Auden

"Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading."
W. H. Auden

so find a place.

"O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist;
Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed."
-W. H. Auden

commit to memory

alate:winged