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  • The true men of action in our time those who transform the world are not the politicians and statesmen but the scientists. Unfortunately poetry cannot celebrate them because their deeds are concerned with things, not persons, and are therefore speechless. When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.

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    Dyer's Hand (1963) "The Poet and the City"

  • When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.

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    Dyer's Hand (1963) "The Poet and the City"
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W. H. Auden

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