Poetry makes nothing happen. Autor: W.H. Auden Copy Quote More from W.H. Auden “People always get what they want. But there is a price for everything. Failures…” “The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten.” “Far from his illnessThe wolves ran on through the evergreen forests,The peasant…” “The Three Wiseman:The weather has been awful,The countryside is dreary,Marsh, j…”