One face cries nothing, Prospero,
My conscience is my own;
Pallid Sebastian does not know
The dream in which Antonio
Fights the white bull alone.
— from Antonio’s refrain in “The Sea and the Mirror,” by W. H. Auden
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“One link is missing, Prospero, my magic is my own.”
“One link is missing, Prospero,
“My magic is my own;
“Happy Miranda does not know
“The figure that Antonio
“The Only One, Creation’s O,
“Dances for Death alone.”
— from Antonio’s refrain, in W. H. Auden’s
“The Sea and the Mirror”
“Your need to love shall never know Me …”
“Your all is partial, Prospero.
“My will is all my own.
“Your need to love shall never know
“Me: I am I, Antonio
“By choice myself alone.”
— Antonio, refrain from W. H. Auden’s “The Sea and the Mirror”
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“One gaze points elsewhere, Prospero …”
One gaze points elsewhere, Prospero,
My compass is my own;
Nostalgic sailors do not know
The waters where Antonio
Sails on and on alone.
— Antonio, from W. H. Auden’s “The Sea and the Mirror”
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 