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W. H. Auden Quotes About Mankind

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  • Alone, alone, about the dreadful wood / Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind, / Dreading to find its Father.

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    W. H. Auden (2013). “For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio”, p.7, Princeton University Press

  • Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered.

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    W.H. Auden (2016). “Canción de cuna y otros poemas”, p.258, DEBOLS!LLO

  • The condition of mankind is, and always has been, so miserable and depraved that, if anyone were to say to the poet: "For God's sake stop singing and do something useful like putting on the kettle or fetching bandages," what just reason could he give for refusing?

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    "The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays" by W. H. Auden, ("Writing"), (p. 27), 1962.
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W. H. Auden

  • Born: February 21, 1907
  • Died: September 29, 1973
  • Occupation: Poet
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