W. H. Auden quote: We who must die demand a miracle. How could the Eternal...

We who must die demand a miracle.
How could the Eternal do a temporal act,
The Infinite become a finite fact?
Nothing can save us that is possible:
We who must die demand a miracle.

W. H. Auden

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W. H. Auden (2013). “For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio”, p.8, Princeton University Press

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