Wystan Hugh Auden2 Lullaby by W. H. Auden Lullaby by W. H. Auden Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave Proves the child ephemeral: But in my arms till break of day Let the living creature lie, Mortal, guilty, but to me The entirely beautiful. Soul and body have no bounds: To lovers as they lie upon Her tolerant enchanted slope In t.. 2006. 2. 18. A Short Defense of Poetry by W. H. Auden A Short Defense of Poetry By W. H. Auden The following address was given at a round-table conference on 'Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Literature' at the International PEN Conference in Budapest, in October 1967. ..... Poetry is speech at its most personal, the most intimate of dialogues. A poem does not come to life until a reader makes his response to the words written by the poet... 2006. 2. 18. 이전 1 다음
