Wystan Hugh Auden Public Poems
- 1. Stop All The Clocks, Cut Off The Telephone
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
... - 2. Grub First, Then Ethics
opos is, we could say to him: "Well,
we can read to ourselves, our use
of holy numbers would shock you, and a poet
may lamentâ??'Where is Telford
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