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A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.
W. H. Auden
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W. H. Auden
Age: 66 †
Born: 1907
Born: February 21
Died: 1973
Died: September 28
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Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance 'till you drop.
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