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Things Worth Remembering: W. H. Auden’s Poignant Embrace
Things Worth Remembering: W. H. Auden’s Poignant Embrace
W. H. Auden at Oxford University in 1972. (Alamy)
One stanza of poetry captures the pleasure of holding another person.
By Douglas Murray
03.05.23 — Culture and Ideas
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Things Worth Remembering: W. H. Auden’s Poignant Embrace

Welcome back to our new Sunday column, Things Worth Remembering, in which Douglas Murray shares poems and passages he’s memorized and how they’ve brought meaning to his life.

To listen to Douglas recite this week’s work—the first stanza of W. H. Auden’s “Lullaby”—click below.

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Douglas Murray
Douglas Murray is the best-selling author of seven books, and is a regular contributor at the New York Post, National Review, and other publications. His work as a reporter has taken him to Iraq, North Korea, northern Nigeria, and Ukraine. Born in London, he now lives in New York.
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