" Still his loud iniquity is still what only the
Greatest of saints become-someone who dqes not lie :
He because he cannot
Stop the vivid present to think, they by having got
Past reflection into
A passionate obedience in time. We have our BoyMeets-Girl era of mirrors and muddle to work through,
Without rest, without j oy.
Therefore we love him because his judgements are so
Frankly subjective that his abuse carries no
Personal sting. "

― W.H. Auden , Selected Poems