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.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Lost love Broken heart Love

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

Funeral Blues Another Time

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "Funeral Blues." The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two Acts. Faber & Faber, 1936.

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Topic
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Medium
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Time
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Citation

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Another quote from the 1930s

I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there'll always be the person I am to-night.

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Tender is the Night

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Language
English
Time
1934 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Tender is the Night." Scribner's Magazine, Jan. 1934 - Apr. 1934.

Current Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. Scribners, 1995, ch. 18.

Another quote about Love

Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Language
English
Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. In Memoriam A.H.H. London: Edward Moxon, 1850, pt. 27, st. 4.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "In Memoriam A.H.H." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 27, st. 4.