W. H. Auden Quotes


Like love we don't know where or why Like love we cant compel or fly Like Love we often weep Like Love we seldom keep


Citations

Auden, W. H. "Law Like Love." Another Time, Random House, 1940.

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W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden
  • Born: February 21, 1907
  • Died: September 29, 1973
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet

Wystan Hugh Auden was an Anglo-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as The Age of Anxiety; and on religious themes such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".