poetic interlude

[Carrol Cox]

The version Doug quotes appears as quoted in the 1945 _Collected
Poetry_, but Auden later edited out some political references in his
early poetry. For example, the following verses were later deleted from
"In Memory of W. B. Yeats"

        Time that is intolerant

        Of the brave and innocent,

        And indifferent in a week

        To a beautiful physique,

        Worships language and forgives

        Everyone by whom it lives;

        Pardons cowardice, conceit,

        Lays its honours at their feet.

        Time that with this strange excuse

        Pardoned Kipling and his views,

        And will pardon Paul Claudel,

        Pardons him for writing well.

Could someone with one of his later editions check to see if the
reference to Imperialism's face survived to the end.

Carrol