Auden writes a beloved love "lullaby" towards his lover.
In their ordinary swoon, Grave the vision Venus sends Of supernatural sympathy, Universal love and hope; He speaks highly of her beauty suggested by the reference towards a child and the "supernatural" attachment Venus gives down towards his spirit. Let the living creature lie, Mortal, Guilty, but to me The entirely beautiful. He confesses a comforting and grateful attitude towards his companion. He reflects on the life and beauty that will be taken away from her when she gets old and die. Though this is true and he is aware of this tragedy he comforts himself in the present time an day of the her contemporary self and makes it to cherish her beauty till that day comes. He entertains this express the nature of short-term love.
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