What did W. H. Auden mean by: Behind you swiftly the figure comes softly, The spot on your skin is a shocking disease. W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ Happy the hare at morning, for she cannot read The hunter’s waking thoughts. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Freedom, Ignorance, Vulnerability, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ In headaches and in worry Vaguely life leaks away, And Time will have his fancy To-morrow or today. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Anxiety, Mortality, Time, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Water is the soul of the Earth. Author, August 5, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Connection, Essential, Life, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ If we really want to live, we’d better start at once to try. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Action, Motivation, Urgency, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Anxiety, Freedom, Happiness, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does. Author, June 22, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Appearance, Judgment, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature. Author, September 22, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Language, Metaphor, Mythology, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Awareness, Consequences, Cycle, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
