slowknitter

Lullaby

by W. H. Auden

Lay your sleeping head, my love,

Human on my faithless arm;

Time and fevers burn away

Individual beauty from

Thoughtful children, and the grave

Proves the child ephemeral:

But in my arms till break of day

Let the living creature lie,

Mortal, guilty, but to me

The entirely beautiful.

Soul and body have no bounds:

To lovers as they lie upon

Her tolerant enchanted […]

Whew.
That’s me breathing a sigh of relief that the holidays are over.
Actually, the boy and I had a very nice Christmas and NewYear. By implementing our ingenious plan of having 2 out of 4 sets of parents here for Thanksgiving we got a pass on traveling anywhere for Christmas this year. We totally […]