#themorelovingone

[thewhiterosewrites]

© Brain pickings

If only you knew how I risked my future for you.

[strelitziainmymind]

THE MORE LOVING ONE

by W.H. Auden

Looking 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.

[redgingerbloom]

[gibarianart]

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 🌟 #WHAuden #TheMoreLovingOne #Poetry #Sea #Introspection https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmcO63ANzW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=171527no9aram

[uncanny-bozo]

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me... #themorelovingone #sunset #nature_good #liveinthemoment AS😈 (at Rock Garden)

[sdiaz101]

Day 97: #auden-his poem #themorelovingone pierced my heart on the subway about 15 years ago. I was in a very different place then, and wholeheartedly believed in those words. I’ve changed my mind since then, & yet his last line is etched in my mind #365books #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth

[ne-ville]

Baca quote “If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me” di status WA (atau LINE ya? Lupa) seorang teman. Kok rasanya nyees banget ya, sungguh heartbreaking huhu sampai akhirnya saya Google quotenya dan nemu versi lengkap puisinya. 

💔 

[lilwing]

if equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me

W. H. Auden