The Novelist
Encased in talent like a uniform,
The rank of every poet is well known;
They can amaze us like a thunderstorm,
Or die so young, or live for years alone.
They can dash forward like hussars: but he
Must struggle out of his boyish gift and learn
How to be plain and awkward, how to be
One after whom none think it worth to turn.
For, to achieve his lightest wish, he must
Become the whole of boredom, subject to
Vulgar complaints like love, among the Just
Be just, among the Filthy filthy too,
And in his own weak person, if he can,
Must suffer dully all the wrongs of Man.
W.H. Auden
Friday, August 26, 2005
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Pages

Contributors
- The Corgi of Mystery
- 1980: Born. 1989: Sudden affliction of self-awareness. Things downhill ever since.
My Blog List
-
-
-
Monday, December 19, 20168 years ago
-
the way around is through8 years ago
-
Goodbye, Flying Inkpot10 years ago
-
-
-
The Glorious Unfolding11 years ago
-
On Friendship (Part II)14 years ago
-
-
-
-
Quote of the Week
--
Blog Archive
-
▼
2005
(312)
-
▼
August
(24)
- death to productivity
- choonping
- sfn (ii)
- grammar police (ii)
- sfn
- grammar police
- also auden
- The NovelistEncased in talent like a uniform,The r...
- admittedly
- can you milk a whale?
- catachresis
- perhaps i'm being a smart-aleck by admitting this ...
- From The Trick Is To Keep BreathingOther people. O...
- From The Trick Is To Keep Breathing:Preparation fo...
- laws of nature
- fall TV
- finally got round to checking out the new library....
- the previous discussion arising because it transpi...
- the kind of thing von thinks of
- last night: after getting conned (once more) at al...
- got the ibook. does apple have a copyright on the ...
- bbq 2: electric boogaloo
- charlie and the chocolate factory, consensus opinion
- backdated
-
▼
August
(24)
No comments:
Post a Comment