About suffering they were never wrong,
The Old Masters; how well, they understood
Its human position; how it takes place
While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along...
-W. H. Auden from "Musee des Beaux Arts"
from page 575-576, volume 2 of original text
collage
made 10/21/11
Pevear/Volokhonsky translation 1070-1071
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