Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows th… - W. H. Auden

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Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.

W. H. Auden

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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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Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won't believe again in their own size.

So I wish you first a
Sense of theatre; only
Those who love illusion
And know it will go far:
Otherwise we spend our
Lives in a confusion
Of what we say and do with
Who we really are.

Let us then Consider rather the incessant Now of The traveler through time, his tired mind Biased towards bigness since his body must Exaggerate to exist, possessed by hope...

Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows the price we have to pay; If I could tell you I would let you know. - W. H. Auden

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