W.H. Auden, Auden, Musée des Beaux Arts, 1938.

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I do not have a gentle heart.: W.H. Auden: Funeral Blues.

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.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crêpe bows round the…

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the lions skull: Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden

knifewaltz:

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.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the…

(Source: atouchofmox)

“O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbor
With your crooked heart.”

— As I Walked Out One Evening - W. H. Auden (via crooked-heart)

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