A fairy tale...on the other hand, demands of the reader tot… - W. H. Auden

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A fairy tale...on the other hand, demands of the reader total surrender; so long as he is in its world, there must be for him no other.

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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But all the clocks in the city
Began to whirr and chime:
'O let not Time deceive you,
You cannot conquer Time

We have no destiny assigned us:
Nothing is certain but the body; we plan
To better ourselves; the hospitals alone remind us
Of the equality of man.

The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.

A fairy tale...on the other hand, demands of the reader total surrender; so long as he is in its world, there must be for him no other. - W. H. Auden

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