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Their Lonely Betters

by WH Auden As I listened from a beach-chair in the shade To all the noises that my garden made, It seemed to me only proper that words Should be withheld from vegetables and birds. A robin with no Christian name ran through The Robin-Anthem which was all it knew, And rustling flowers for domeContinue reading “Their Lonely Betters”

Posted byRobin27th May 202014th Jan 2021Posted inpoetryTags:birds, poetry, vegetables, WH AudenLeave a comment on Their Lonely Betters
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