Fish in the Unruffled Lakes-W. H. Auden

[ti:Fish in the Unruffled Lakes] [ar:W. H. Auden] [al:W. H. Auden Reads His Poems] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fish in the Unruffled Lakes - W. H. Auden [00:00.47]A song [00:01.21] [00:03.04]Fish in the unruffled lakes [00:04.91]Their swarming colors wear [00:07.10]Swans in the winter air [00:08.61]A white perfection have [00:10.11] [00:10.78]And the great lion walks [00:12.17]Through his innocent grove [00:13.62] [00:14.17]Lion fish and swan [00:16.07]Act and are gone [00:17.85]Upon time's toppling wave [00:19.81] [00:21.40]We till shadowed days are done [00:23.55] [00:24.15]We must weep and sing [00:25.57]Duty's conscious wrong [00:27.44]The devil in the clock [00:29.19]The goodness carefully worn [00:30.83]For atonement or for luck [00:32.55] [00:33.14]We must lose our loves [00:35.06]On each beast and bird that moves [00:36.94] [00:37.76]Turn an envious look [00:39.45] [00:40.86]Sighs for folly said and done [00:42.81] [00:43.54]Twist our narrow days [00:45.08] [00:45.96]But I must bless I must praise [00:48.36]That you my swan who have [00:50.33]All gifts that to the swan [00:51.85]Impulsive nature gave [00:53.58] [00:54.12]The majesty and pride [00:55.92] [00:56.57]Last night should add [00:58.28]Your voluntary love