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Famous W. H. Auden Quotes
“There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's End is one of them.”
Source: Juvenilia: Poems, 1922-1928
“The lights must never go out, The music must always play”
Source: Canción de cuna y otros poemas
Source: Canción de cuna y otros poemas
“Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.”
“See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking.”
Source: For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio
“What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?”
“Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.”
“Poetry is the only art people haven't learned to consume like soup.”
“The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear.”
“Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss”