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> [I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/i-sit-in-one-of-the-dives-on-fifty-second-street-uncertain-and-afraid/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

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## More by W H Auden

> [Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just not true.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/men-make-the-mistake-of-thinking-that-because-women-can-t-see-the/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [He was my North, my South, my East and West.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/he-was-my-north-my-south-my-east-and-west/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; / Somebody called him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/when-the-sex-war-ended-with-the-slaughter-of-the-grandmothers-they/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/you-owe-it-to-us-all-to-get-on-with-what-you-re-good-at/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [“Though a work of literature can be read in a number of ways, this number is finite and can be arranged in a hierarchical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/though-a-work-of-literature-can-be-read-in-a-number-of-ways-this/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social intercourse. There are three cardinal rules -- don't take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/what-people-don-t-realize-is-that-intimacy-has-its-conventions-as/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/even-the-dreadful-martyrdom-must-run-its-course-anyhow-in-a-corner/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/the-word-intellectual-suggests-straight-away-a-man-who-s-untrue-to/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/i-sit-in-one-of-the-dives-on-fifty-second-street-uncertain-and-afraid/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we mean war But song is true Let music for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/let-mortals-beware-of-words-for-with-words-we-lie-can-speak-peace/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/i-know-nothing-except-what-everyone-knows-if-there-when-graces-dances/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

> [No hero is immortal till he dies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-3/no-hero-is-immortal-till-he-dies/)

[W H Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-3/)

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