Parading

Proust’s Law (are you listening?) is twofold:

Others instinctively withhold;
(a) What least thing our self-love longs for most
(a) What least thing our self-love longs for most
Others instinctively withhold;
Others instinctively withhold;
(b) Only when time has slain desire
(b) Only when time has slain desire
Is his wish granted to a smiling ghost
Is his wish granted to a smiling ghost
Neither harmed nor warmed, now, by the fire. —James Merrill
Neither harmed nor warmed, now, by the fire.
—James Merrill

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