Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh) 1907-1973 creator Mendelson, Edward. text nyu New York A.A. Knopf c1995 1995 monographic eng

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256 p. ; 17 cm. Alone -- Leap before you look -- If I could tell you -- Many happy returns -- The lesson -- The fall of Rome -- A walk after dark -- Alonso to Ferdinand -- Song of the master and boatswain -- Miranda's song -- In praise of limestone -- Hunting season -- Fleet visit -- Ode to Gaea -- Woods -- Lakes -- Plains -- Streams -- Deftly, admiral, cast your fly -- When rites and melodies begin -- Make this night loveable -- First things first -- The more loving one -- Precious five -- The shield of Achilles -- The old man's road -- The history of science -- The history of truth -- Homage to Clio -- The love feast -- Limbo culture -- Numbers and faces -- Prime -- Nones -- Compline -- Friday's child -- The cave of making -- The geography of the house -- The cave of nakedness -- The common life -- A change of air -- On the circuit -- The Horatians -- August 1968 -- Fairground -- River profile -- Old people's home -- Lullaby -- A Thanksgiving -- Archaeology. Taller to-day -- The secret agent -- This lunar beauty -- The question -- What's in your mind, my dove, my coney -- 'O where are you going?' -- The wanderer -- Adolescence -- Have a good time -- A summer night -- Paysage moralise -- O what is that sound -- Our hunting fathers -- Who's who -- May -- On this island -- Night mail -- As I walked out one evening -- The dream -- Fish in the unruffled lakes -- Autumn song -- Underneath an abject willow -- At last the secret is out -- Funeral blues -- Johnny -- Roman wall blues -- O tell me the truth about love -- Casino -- Dover -- Death's echo -- Lullaby -- As he is -- The capital -- Musee des Beaux Arts -- The novelist -- The composer -- Epitaph on a tyrant -- In memory of W.B. Yeats -- The unknown citizen -- The prophets -- The riddle -- Law like love -- The hidden law -- Refugee blues -- Calypso -- Eyes look into the well -- Domesday song -- In memory of Sigmund Freud -- Hell -- Lady weeping at the crossroads -- Diaspora -- Blessed event. Auden ; selected by Edward Mendelson. ""This is a Borzoi book""--T.p. verso. Includes index. 0679443673 (hbk.) 950531 20181127165543.0 2708