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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWELVE SONGS: 4, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear, though the night is gone Last Line: Unwanted and went out Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. Variant Title(s): Unwanted And Went Ou | |||
Dear, though the night is gone. Its dream still haunts today. That brought us to a room Cavernous, lofty as A railway terminus. And crowded in that gloom Were beds, and we in one In a far corner lay. Our whisper woke no clocks. We kissed and I was glad At everything you did. Indifferent to those Who sat with hostile eyes In pairs on every bed. Arms round each other's neck. Inert and vaguely sad. O but what worm of guilt Or what malignant doubt Am I the victim of. That you then, unabashed. Did what I never wished. Confessed another love; And I, submissive, felt Unwanted and went out? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NIGHTFALL (1) by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN ALONE (1) by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN BACH AND THE LADY by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN BETWEEN ADVENTURE by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN WHO'S WHO by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN |
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