What did W. H. Auden mean by: You will be a poet because you will always be humiliated. - W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ Those who will not reason, perish in the act. Those who will not act, perish for that reason. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance ’till you drop. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Dance, Stars, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered. Feraz Zeid, September 12, 2023December 24, 2023, W. H. Auden, Earth, Human, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won’t believe again in their own size. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Believe, Giants, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ To make one, there must be two. Feraz Zeid, August 7, 2023December 12, 2023, W. H. Auden, Marriage, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The stars are not wanted now, put out every one Pack up the moon & dismantle the sun. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Funeral, Moon, Stars, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ A dead man who never caused others to die seldom rates a statue. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Dead Man, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Dog, Joy, Tails, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
