FastSaying

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our private lives; The unmentiona

W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden

AfraidCleverDivesExpireFiftyHopesOneSecondSitStreetUncertain

Related Quotes

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep
— W. H. Auden
FunnyGraduationOne
I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.
— W. H. Auden
AfricaChinaDear
He is doing dives that no one else in the state does.
— Bill Lapman
DivesNoOne
Our other dives are solid and you know you're not going to stuff it up but this is the one dive where you feel a bit nervous.
— Bree Cole
DivesNotOne
Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession
— W. H. Auden
MurderProfession