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Dance, dance, dance till you drop.
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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Weep for the lives your wishes never led.
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Love each other or perish.
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And none will hear the postman’s knock Without a quickening of the heart. For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
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