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Borges (+)
The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that…
The Burial of the Dead (+)
Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had…
The Burial of the Dead (+)
Frisch weht der Wind Der Heimat zu Mein Irisch Kind Wo weilest du? ‘You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; ‘They called me…
The Waste Land (+)
I. The Burial of the Dead April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull…
History of the Night (+)
Throughout the course of the generations men constructed the night. At first she was blindness; thorns raking bare feet, fear of wolves. We shall…
Auden (+)
Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages:…
Auden (+)
From the conservative dark Into the ethical life The dense commuters come, Repeating their morning vow; ‘I will be true to the wife, I’ll…
Auden (+)
All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The romantic lie in the brain Of the sensual man-in-the-street And the lie…
The Chesire Cat and the Kilkenny Cats (+)
Everyone is familiar with the phrase «grin like a Cheshire cat», which means of course to put on a sardonic face. Many explanations of…
Falling Man (+)
It was not a street anymore but a world, a time and space of falling ash and near night. He was walking north through…
Auden (+)
Exiled Thucydides knew All that a speech can say About Democracy, And what dictators do, The elderly rubbish they talk To an apathetic grave;…
Auden (+)
Accurate scholarship can Unearth the whole offence From Luther until now That has driven a culture mad, Find what occurred at Linz, What huge…
Ja vi elsker (+)
Ja, vi elsker dette landet, som det stiger frem, furet, værbitt over vannet, med de tusen hjem. Elsker, elsker det og tenker På vår…
W.H. Auden (+)
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…
Synd (+)
-Og den største synd…..? -Er middelmådigheten! Synd er et gresk begrep og betyr å forfeile sitt mål. Resultatet kan bli forferdende. Hvis en tyrefekter…
Preludier II (+)
Två sanningar närmer sig varann. En kommer inifrån, en kommer utifrån och där de möts har man en chans att få se sig själv.…