9+ W.H. Auden Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best W.H. Auden quotes and sayings.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good. — W.H. Auden

Don't do me any favors... just astonish me. — W.H. Auden

The aim of writing poetry is to enable readers a little better to enjoy life or a little better to endure it. — W.H. Auden

Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings. — W.H. Auden

The Ogre does what ogres can, Deeds quite impossible for Man, But one prize is beyond his reach: The Ogre cannot master speech. About a subjugated plain, Among it's desperate and slain, The Ogre stalks with hands on hips, While drivel gushes from his lips. — W.H. Auden

Clear, unscaleable ahead, Rise the mountains of instead From whose cold, cascading streams None may drink except in dreams — W.H. Auden

Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered. — W.H. Auden

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh. — W.H. Auden

Evil is unspectacular and always human, And shares our bed and eats at our own table .... — W.H. Auden