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He was my north, my south, my east, my west....
Posted by: Imogene (---.request.com.au)
Date: February 04, 2022 01:16AM

Can you help me. Looking for the poem that this line is from. It was in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' movie - read at the funeral. Would like to read more by the author.
Thanks in anticipation.


Re: He was my north, my south, my east, my west....
Posted by: ilza (---.162.245.109.user.ajato.com.br)
Date: February 04, 2022 06:24AM

Funeral Blues
W H Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever; I was wrong.

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.
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