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- by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), no title, from Poems, published 1930, revised 1945 and 1966
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Night covers up the rigid land and ocean's quaking moor, and shadows with a tolerant hand the ugly and the poor. The wounded pride for which I weep you cannot staunch, nor I control the moments of your sleep, nor hear the name you cry, Whose life is lucky in your eyes, and precious is the bed as to his utter fancy lies the dark caressive head. For each love to its aim is true, and all kinds seek their own; you love your life and I love you, so I must lie alone.
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- by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), appears in Look, Stranger!, first published 1936
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