“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.”

About W. H. Auden

Poet • British-American

Wystan Hugh Auden was a highly influential British-American poet, known for his masterful command of style and form. His early work in the 1930s was politically charged and modernistic, earning him a reputation as a...