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About W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden was a 20th-century American american poet. Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment

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“'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'”
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“When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.”
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Sleep Someone Professor

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“Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.”
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Sound Picnic Thunder
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