For the error bred in the bone of each woman and each man c… - W. H. Auden

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For the error bred in the bone of each woman and each man craves what it cannot have, not universal love but to be loved alone.

W. H. Auden

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About W. H. Auden

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

Originators like W. H. Auden:

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: "I refuse to be what I am."

no poet can know what his poem is going to be like until he has written it.

For the error bred in the bone Of each woman and each man Craves what it cannot have, Not universal love But to be loved alone.