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‘We get the Dialectic fairly well’ | W.H. Auden | The New York Review of Books

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We get the Dialectic fairly well,How streams descending turn to trees that climb,That what we are not we shall be in time,Why some unlikes attract, all

Visit us on Facebook! Opens External Webpage Visit us on Twitter! Opens External Webpage Visit us on Threads! Opens External Webpage Visit us on Bluesky! Opens External Webpage Mail to Print page Submit a letter: Email us letters@nybooks.com We get the Dialectic fairly well, How streams descending turn to trees that climb, That what we are not we shall be in time, Why some unlikes attract, all likes repel. But is it up to creatures or their fate To give the signal when to change a state? Granted that we might possibly be great And even be expected to get well How can we know it is required by

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