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On This Gay Day | English-American poet W. H. Auden was born

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British-American poet W.H. Auden was born on this day in 1907, his work was noted for it’s engagement with a wide range of topics from morals, to politics, love and religion. Auden was born in York but grew up in Birmingham in a middle-class household. He studied English at Oxford at became a School Teacher. He travelled to Iceland and China writing about his journeys. Auden collaborated with composer Benjamin Britten and author Christopher Ishe…

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Archive | Ascension Day 1964 by W. H. Auden - The London Magazine

W. H. Auden Ascension Day 1964 . This poem by W. H. Auden originally appeared in the August 1964 edition of The London Magazine, alongside short fiction by Graham Greene. . From leaf to leaf in silenceThe year’s new greenIs passed along northward: A bit, though, behind schedule,For the chestnut chandeliersAre still dim. But today’s atmosphereIs encouraging,And the orchard peoples, Naïve in whiteOr truculent in pink,Aspect an indulgent blue. Ple…

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