Thank you, Ann, for the observation about the missing “all”. The reputable site this was copied from lacked that word, but yesterday my New Yorker came with a discussion of Auden by H. Arendt that included the missing word. Its use improves the meter a lot. However, Arendt’s quote doesn’t include the two stanzas I called attention to: stanza three (“I love you”), and the next to last stanza with “vision” and “roses”. For her own reasons, she compares him with Brecht. A worthwhile read, dated December 3, 2018. It has lots of car headlights and taillights at night on the cover.
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