W. H. Auden Quote

O plunge your hands in water,
Plunge them in up to the wrist;
Stare, stare in the basin
And wonder what you've missed.
The glacier knocks in the cupboard,
The desert sighs in the bed,
And the crack in the teacup opens
A lane to the land of the dead.


'As I Walked Out One Evening' (1940)


O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed. The glacier knocks in the...

O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed. The glacier knocks in the...

O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed. The glacier knocks in the...

O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you've missed. The glacier knocks in the...