31 MARCH 1939, Page 24

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]

SIR,—

Hats off to Evelyn Waugh For calling Mr. Auden " a public bore "I A little bit more Of that sort of thing And maybe those poetical Will get less metaphysical And tediously political

And condescend to sing!

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