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. The Common Life
2. Moon Landing
3. Grub First, Then Ethics
4. Horae Canonicae: Compline
5. A New Year Greeting

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