W. H. Auden Quotes

British-American poet (1907–1973)

Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet known for his vast poetic work in many forms on many themes.

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Native Name: Wystan Hugh Auden

Alternative Names: Wystan Auden • Wystan H Auden • W. H. Wystan Hugh Auden

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Look, stranger, on this island now The leaping light for your delight discovers, Stand stable here And silent be, That through the channels of the ear May wander like a river The swaying sound of the sea.

I am beginning to lose patience With my personal relations. They are not deep And they are not cheap.

Let us honour if we can
The vertical man
Though we value none
But the horizontal one.

To ask the hard question is simple, The simple act of the confused will.

Put the car away; when life fails What's the good of going to Wales? Here am I, here are you: But what does it mean? What are we going to do?