Auden
From Geoffrey Hill’s "The Triumph of Love"
One almost wonders if he’s intentionally riffing on Auden’s ‘In Praise of Limestone’ (ht MS): […]
In Praise of Limestone – W.H. Auden
From the final stanza: In so far as we have to look forward To death […]
From W.H. Auden’s The Age Of Anxiety
Yet the noble despair of the poets Is nothing of the sort; it is silly […]
The Most Trying Time of All: W.H. Auden’s “Christmas O …
Section III of “For The Time Being”: Well, so that is that. Now we must […]
We Who Must Die Demand A Miracle: From W.H. Auden’s “F …
From the utterly sublime Advent portion of Wystan’s Christmas Oratorio: Alone, alone, about a dreadful […]