“Greece had to lose, her pure consciousness
had to make our agony only more acute.We needed God loving us in our weakness
and not in the glory of beatitude.”

— Czeslaw Milosz

"To Raja Rao" (1969) (A poem written in English)
Uncollected Poems (1954-1969)

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Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator 1911–2004

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“Greece had to lose, her pure consciousness
had to make our agony only more acute.We needed God loving us in our weakness
and not in the glory of beatitude.”