Saturday, October 9, 2010

Why is Literature Important?

"Time that is intolerant
Of the brave and the innocent,
And indifferent in a week
To a beautiful physique,
Worships language and forgives
Everyone by whom it lives;
Pardons cowardice, conceit
Lays its honours at their feet."

W.H.Auden
"In Memory of W.B. Yeats (d. Jan 1939)

1 comment:

hc said...

Parabéns pelo blog! Vi o post da Vera no FB e levei daqui para o meu. Inspirou-me, gosto muito do Auden e do Yeats já traduzi "Rosa Alchemica" para uma edição bilingue. Obrigada, abraço
Helena Cardoso moretranslations.blogspot.com