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"An important Jew who died in exile."
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"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."
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W. H. Auden
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Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psycho
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"In a national capital Mirabeau and his set Attacked mystery; the packed galleries roared And history marched to the drums of a clear idea, The aim of the Rational City, quick to admire, Quick to tire."
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"Out of the air a voice without a face Proved by statistics that some cause was just In tones as dry and level as the place."
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"Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind."
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"Some thirty inches from my nose The frontier of my Person goes, And all the untilled air between Is private pagus or demesne. Stranger, unless with bedroom eyes I beckon you to fraternize, Beware of rudely crossing it: I have no gun, but I can spit."
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"Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard."
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