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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 To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a man so concentrates his attention -- on a landscape, a poem, a geometrical problem, an idol, or the True God -- that he completely forgets his own ego and desires, he is praying. Quote Right
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Quote Left Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so. Quote Right
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Quote Left A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. 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 To ask the hard question is simple. Quote Right
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