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If equal affection cannot be let the more loving one be me. — W.H. Auden

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If equal affection cannot be let the more loving one be me.

W.H. Auden
1957
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Unrequited loveGenerous loveLove
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Poem
Time
1957
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W.H. Auden
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Auden, W. H. "The More Loving One." Homage to Clio. ‎Faber and Faber/Random House, 1960.

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