W. H. Auden Quote

Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.


Collected Poems (ed. Vintage Books, 1991)


Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.

Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.

Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.

Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.