Wystan Hugh Auden, known more commonly as W. H. Auden was an English poet, often considered one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. He was one of the greatest Anglo American poets. Born in England, he later obtained an American citizenship.
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In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag. Go to Quote / Comment
Harrow the house of the dead; look shining at New styles of architecture, a change of heart. Go to Quote / Comment
The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially elevated musical comedy and music hall people or acrobats have. The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen. Go to Quote / Comment
The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own. Go to Quote / Comment
The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. Go to Quote / Comment