A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. — W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
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A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

— W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948
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