The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose. 1939-1948 | 
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#QuotsyJun20
Day 18 - #Picnic
In 1907 a great master of human emotions was born. His birthday is today. I loved him in Uni, and continue to love him today. #poetry #englishliterature
...In Breughel's Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away
Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may
Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry,
But for him it was not an important failure; the sun shone
As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green
Water, and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen
Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,
Had somewhere to get to & sailed calmly on.
#Belgium#Augustisatrip
I first heard this poem in the funeral scene of "Four Weddings and a Funeral." W. H. Auden writes some of the most moving poetry ever. This is still my absolute favorite poem, despite its obvious melancholy.#poetry. #seasonsreadings2016
