About W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love,...
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A poet's hope: to be,
like some valley cheese,
local, but prized elsewhere.
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Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.
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Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.