For the error bred in the bone
Of each woman and each man
Craves what it cannot have,
Not universal love
But to be loved alone.


Lines 62-66 - September 1, 1939 (1939)

W. H. Auden Quotes

For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone.

For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone.

For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone.

For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone.