The aim of writing poetry is to enable readers a little better to enjoy life or a little better to endure it. W.H. Auden Next Quote Soft as the earth is mankind and both need to be altered. - W.H. Auden Previous Quote The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good. - W.H. Auden
