Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly… — W.H. Auden · Skopia

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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

1962

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Auden, W. H. "Reading." The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962.

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