--- title: "1 Love Dear Quotes By W.H. Auden" description: "1 Love Dear quotes by W.H. Auden. Plus more from W.H. Auden and more Love Dear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/w-h-auden-2-7412_first-love_as-i-walked-out-one-evening-walking-down_546617.jpg" --- > [“As I walked out one evening, Walking down Bristol Street, The crowds upon the pavement Were fields of harvest wheat. And down by the brimming river I heard a lover sing Under an arch of the railway: "Love has no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-2/as-i-walked-out-one-evening-walking-down-bristol-street-the-crowds/) [W.H. Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/w-h-auden-2-7412_first-love_as-i-walked-out-one-evening-walking-down_546617.jpg) ## More by W.H. Auden > [“Part came from Lane, and part from D.H. Lawrence; Gide, though I didn't know it then, gave part. 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