Like love we don't know where or why
Like love can't compel or fly
Like love we often weep
Like love we seldom keep

W.H. Auden

Law like Love

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

Law like Love

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Auden, W. H. "Law, say the gardeners, is the sun." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

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Evil is unspectacular and always human,
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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

Author

W.H. Auden
Source
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Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

Another quote from the 1930s

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Allan, Lewis. "Strange Fruit." Performed by Billie Holiday. Commodore Records, 1939.

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Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.

William Shakespeare

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Topic
Nature of love Love

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Venus and Adonis
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1593 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. London: Richard Field, 1593, I. 799.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Venus and Adonis." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

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Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my!

Dorothy Gale

The Wizard of Oz

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Topic
Facing one's fears
Speaker
Dorothy Gale
Actor
Judy Garland
Source
The Wizard of Oz
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy (film) Musical (film) Fantasy Musical
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.