O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wris… - W. H. Auden

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O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed.<p>'The glacier knocks in the cupboard, The desert sighs in the bed, And the crack in the tea-cup opens A lane to the land of the dead.

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

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The glacier knocks in the cupboard,
The desert sighs in the bed,
And the crack in the teacup opens
A lane to the land of the dead.

The crack in the tea-cup opens
A lane to the land of the dead.

Originators like W. H. Auden:

T. S. Eliot Czesław Miłosz E. M. Forster William Carlos Williams Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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You owe it to all of us to get on with what you're good at.

We would rather be ruined than changed
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.

She survived whatever happened;
she forgave; she became.

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