Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseW — W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
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Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseWhere the most careful scrutiny is neededTo tell a voice that's genuinely goodFrom one that's base but merely has succeeded.

— W.H. Auden, Collected Poems
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