InspiringQuotes

W. H. Auden Quotes:

Ocupation: Poet

Life: February 21, 1907 - September 29, 1973

Birthday: February 21

Death: September 29

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 its desperate and slain, The Ogre stalks with hands on hips, While drivel gushes from his lips.

- W. H. Auden

source: "August 1968". Poem by W. H. Auden,

topic: Men, Hands, Doe, Hands On Hips, Drivel

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