Poem by Wystan Hugh Auden

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As the poets have mournfully sung,
Death takes the innocent young,
The rolling-in-money,
The screamingly-funny,
And those who are very well hung.

1. It's No Use Raising a Shout
2. Horae Canonicae: Prime
3. Thanksgiving for a Habitat
4. Death's Echo
5. A New Age

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