"If equal affection cannot be ...."

If equal affection cannot be,

Let the more loving one be me.

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W H Auden

"In times of joy ...."

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

W H Auden

"A solitude ten thousand fathoms deep ...."

"A solitude ten thousand fathoms deep
Sustains the bed on which we lie, my dear:
Although I love you, you will have to leap;
Our dream of safety will have to disappear."