Quote Auden and Carry a Big Stick
tick. I tend to save many many things -- names of intriguing books, links to interesting videos or podcasts, poems, images, words, etc. -- and then sometimes return to them, as my interests in certain fields wax and wane, and then other times I forget why I saved a particular item. For example, the poem If I Could Tell You by W. H. Auden. It's been floating in an email of To Do items, but I can't remember what the connections are. Perhaps it's linked to the fact that I'd like to read at least one poem per day, but this doesn't always happen. Rather, I think part of it was quoted in a novel I read last year or the year before (possibly Josephine Tey or Agatha Christie). Anyhow, here is a quote: If I Could Tell You ... If we should weep when clowns put on their show, If we should stumble when musicians play, Time will say nothing but I told you so. ... The winds must come from somewhere when they blow, There must be reason why the leaves decay; ...
