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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BACH AND THE LADY, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do not sneer, stranger, if one by one Last Line: The comment that her shoulders make Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. | |||
Do not sneer, stranger, if one by one, The crowd who followed her are gone To strangle their own shadows, or lie Bitterly with a harlot. I Have heard in a Bach fugue some phrase, Perplexed with flowers and sunlight, wake The green-leaved morning to her praise; More generous, pitiful than we However casual may be The comment that her shoulders make. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWELVE SONGS: 9. FUNERAL BLUES by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN WHO'S WHO by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN NIGHTFALL (1) by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN ALONE (1) by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN BETWEEN ADVENTURE by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN |
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