Wystan Hugh (W H) Auden Short Poems
Famous Short Wystan Hugh (W H) Auden Poems. Short poetry by famous poet Wystan Hugh (W H) Auden. A collection of the all-time best Wystan Hugh (W H) Auden short poems
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Wystan Hugh (W H) Auden
The Ogre does what ogres can,
Deeds quite impossible for Man,
But one prize is beyond his reach,
The Ogre cannot master Speech:
About a subjugated plain,
Among its desperate and slain,
The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
While drivel gushes from his lips.
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Wystan Hugh (W H) Auden
Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.