the guardian: w. h. auden
profile, articles, reviews and links.
edward lear
auden's sonnet on this victorian writer, at the edward lear home page.
narrator
the last speaking part of auden's christmas oratorio "for the time being."
bumbleshoot: w.h. auden
twenty-eight poems by auden. includes many short poems.
musã©e des beaux arts
analysis of poem. first line: "about suffering they were never wrong." includes breughel's painting "the fall of icarus", which the poem refers to.
horae canonicae
text of auden's sequence of religious poems.
the w.h. auden society
includes books by auden, links to selected poems, and a list of recordings of his readings and of musical settings of his poems. also news of publications and events of interest to readers of auden.
the secret agent
a famous if obscure early auden poem.
cool quiz: w.h. auden
collection of quotes.
law like love
text of this auden poem. first line: "law, say the gardeners, is the sun".
a selection of british poetry: auden
many auden poems, including "canzone", "as we like it", "the labyrinth" and selections from "songs and musical pieces"
there will be no peace
text of this auden poem at jagiellonian university,krakã³w, poland.
the caliban beneath the skin
article on auden's poetic style and themes, with a focus on "the sea and the mirror."
w.h. auden papers
inventory of w.h. auden special collection at the university of tulsa.
w.h. auden
an introduction to the poet by professor eiichi hishikawa, faculty of letters, kobe university.
frank kermode on auden's shakespeare
auden's lectures on shakespeare (ed. arthur kirsch), reviewed for the london review of books by frank kermode.
the permanent auden, by roger kimball
this article in the new criterion discusses auden's contribution to english poetry.
night mail
text of this song, written for the documentary movie "the night mail", on the british postal system.
readings: two songs for hedli anderson
text of two auden poems, "funeral blues" and "johnny".
auden at home
an article on auden's poetry by james fenton in "the new york review of books."
the dyer's hand
a review of auden's collection of essays, by the poet john berryman.
demon or gift: from later auden
this, the first chapter from edward mendelson's book "later auden," analyses the poem "in memory of w.b. yeats."
lullaby
text of auden's poem. first lines: "lay your sleeping head, my love/human on my faithless arm."
w. h. auden biography and poems
biographical information with a listing of poems and links to selected works.
academy of american poets: w.h. auden
includes a brief biography, a selection of poems and an audio clip of auden reading his poem "on the circuit."
as i walked out one evening
text at the university of calgary.
song texts
texts of poems that have been set to music by stravinsky, benjamin britten and others, including "lullaby", "nocturne" and "elegy for jfk".
salon.com audio: w. h. auden
recordings of auden reading two poems, "under which lyre" and "law like love". available in mp3 and realmedia formats.
w.h. auden at the university of dundee
text of "in praise of limestone" and three short poems.
the shield of achilles
text of this frequently anthologized poem.
redeeming the rake by david schiff
discussion of stravinsky's opera, "the rake's progress", for which auden wrote the libretto.
the watershed
one of auden's earliest poems.
the virtual streetband
words from w.h. auden put to music with animations.
under which lyre
text of this poem, subtitled "a reactionary tract for the times".
auden's poetry and his last years
review on the world socialist website of edward mendelson's book "later auden", including a discussion of auden's life and development as a poet.
funeral blues
text, discussion of the correct title, and scans of the original published version of this auden poem.
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