Mark, you have to have lived and observed for a long time before you can see those four fine words in context. They are a sequence, a natural progression. There, despite the grace of God, go most of us.
And John, I did so in an anthology, opposite Auden. We settle companionably face-to-face each time the book closes. To the extent, of course, that we both exist.
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Last edited by Ann Drysdale; 06-23-2018 at 02:42 AM.
Reason: in answering Mark, I overlooked John, who had crept up behind me while I wasn't looking.
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