Danse Macabre  15053

Song for the New Year

Locations in Harold's Library

  • W. H. Auden: Collected Poems (book)
    • page 155
    • in "1933-38"
  • Poetry of the Thirties (book) with the title "Song for the New Year"
    • page 47
    • in "In Our Time"
    • Notes: Differences from final version included in Collected Poems include:
      • line 1: 'civilised' for revised 'mannerly'
      • line 2: 'sensible' for revised 'logical'
      • line 3: 'social' for revised 'polished'
      • verse 2, line 3: 'fragible' for later 'frangible' or is this merely a typo from Penguin?
      • verse 3, lines 1 and 2: revised version has comma at ends of these two lines
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  • line 2: 'sensible' for revised 'logical'
  • line 3: 'social' for revised 'polished'
  • verse 2, line 3: 'fragible' for later 'frangible' or is this merely a typo from Penguin?
  • verse 3, lines 1 and 2: revised version has comma at ends of these two lines
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