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" Follow, poet, follow right
To the bottom of the night,
With your unconstraining voice
Still persuade us to rejoice;

With the farming of a verse
Make a vineyard of the curse,
Sing of human unsuccess
In a rapture of distress;

In the deserts of the heart
Let the healing fountain start,
In the prison of his days
Teach the free man how to praise. "

W.H. Auden , Another Time


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W.H. Auden quote : Follow, poet, follow right<br />To the bottom of the night,<br />With your unconstraining voice<br />Still persuade us to rejoice;<br /><br />With the farming of a verse<br />Make a vineyard of the curse,<br />Sing of human unsuccess<br />In a rapture of distress;<br /><br />In the deserts of the heart<br />Let the healing fountain start,<br />In the prison of his days<br />Teach the free man how to praise.