Poetry Quote by W.H. Auden — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Base words are uttered only by the base”

“Say this city has ten million souls,”

“Defenceless under the night”

“And each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.”

““If equal affection cannot be,”

“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing”

“My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me.”

“Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?”

“My Heart”

“The muffled syllables that Nature speaks”

“And would it have been worth it, after all,”