A Tribute to W.H. Auden with Shirley Hazzard, J.D. McClatchy, Edward Mendelson, Ned Rorem, Charles Rosen and Oliver Sacks This event, which celebrates Mr. Auden’s centennial, features recordings from the Poetry Center’s archives.
92nd Street Y
Date & Time: Mon, Mar 5, 2007, 8:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Date & Time: Mon, Mar 5, 2007, 8:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall
Epitaph on a Tyrant
by W. H. Auden
Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
by W. H. Auden
Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
Websites:
Books:
Collected Poems W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden John Fuller
Voice of the Poet W. H. Auden
Auden W. H. Auden
Drama:
Paid On Both Sides (1928)
Paid On Both Sides (1928)
The Dance of Death (1933)
The Dog Beneath the Skin: or, Where is Francis? (1935)
The Ascent of F.6 (1936)
On the Frontier (1938)
