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She 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.
The stars are not wanted now:
Put out every one.
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
W.H. Auden (1907-73)