tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059875527110518860.post885987129057543491..comments2023-09-16T12:25:53.804+01:00Comments on Tania Kindersley: Poet of the dayTania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059875527110518860.post-71617132006552835142011-10-08T13:51:24.271+01:002011-10-08T13:51:24.271+01:00Dellamirandola - how absolutely lovely to find ano...Dellamirandola - how absolutely lovely to find another Auden fan. And thank you for the further lines. I know his work pretty well, but I never saw the one about life fails and going to Wales. I LOVE it. :)Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1059875527110518860.post-66439821529218347572011-10-08T13:49:44.583+01:002011-10-08T13:49:44.583+01:00Thank you! That might be my favorite Auden line.
...Thank you! That might be my favorite Auden line. <br /><br />Together with: 'Dear, I know nothing of either/ But when I try to imagine a love everlasting or the life hereafter/what I hear is the murmur of underground streams/what I see is a limestone landscape.' <br /><br />Plus: 'and dearer, water, than ever your voice, as if/ glad - though goodness knows why - to run with the human race, wishing, I thought, the least of men their/figures of splendor, their holy places'. <br /><br />I still don't understand people who think Auden is difficult and cold - what better summary of a relationship that's going nowhere could there be than: 'Put the car away; when life fails/ What's the good of going to Wales?dellamirandolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408597887346997944noreply@blogger.com