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

“To choose what is difficult all ones days, as if it were easy, that is faith.”

“Every poet has his dream reader: mine keeps a look out for curious prosodic fauna like bacchics and choriambs.”

“The element of craftsmanship in poetry is obscured by the fact that all men are taught to speak and most to read and write, while very few men are taught to draw or paint or write music.”

“To choose what is difficult all ones days, as if it were easy, that is faith.”

“Truth, like love and sleep, resents approaches that are too intense.”

“He was my North, my South, my East and West,”

“. . . We love fog because”

“সবাই মানুষ থাকবে না।”

“Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;”

“Don’t say that poetry, my friend, is beautiful”

“It's better to swim in the sea below”

“There was also something about the smell of bookshops that was strangely comforting to her. She wondered if it was the scent of ink and paper, or the perfume of binding, string, and glue. Maybe it was the scent of knowledge. Information. Thoughts and ideas. Poetry and love. All of it bound into one perfect, calm place.”