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Wystan Hugh (W H) Auden

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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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Quote Left Acts of injustice done
Between the setting and the rising sun
In history lie like bones, each one.
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Quote Left To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, is a keen observer of life. The word Intellectual suggests straight away. A man who's untrue to his wife. Quote Right
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Quote Left God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich. Quote Right
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Quote Left Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. Quote Right
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Quote Left All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs