Between the chances, choose the odd; read The New Yorker; trust in God; and take short views.
—From W.H. Auden’s 1946 Harvard commencement speech, as quoted by our Poetry Editor Paul Muldoon (via newyorker)
It is a scent of such astonishing strength,
why, Leopold, there are flowers hidden
throughout the room. There must be for I
cannot sleep without the noise of a boquet,
and gently, gently, sir, you know
I sleep most gently in this small room.
Between the chances, choose the odd; read The New Yorker; trust in God; and take short views.
