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W. H. Auden Quotes
One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.
W. H. Auden

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Poet Quotes
Category:
English Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 21, 1907
Date of Death:
September 29, 1973
Nationality:
English
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