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             W. H. Auden (1907-1973)

            from The Sea and the Mirror

                              Preface

First Line: The aged catch their breath,

The Sea and the Mirror is Auden's commentary on Shakespeare's The Tempest. Written between 1942 and 1944, it is protected by copyright and cannot be displayed without permission of the copyright holder. It can be found, for example, in:

  • Auden, W.H. Collected Poems. Edward Mendelson, ed. London: Faber and Faber, 1976.

    Auden was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1948, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry in 1953, and the National Book Award for Poetry in 1956.