Quotes from Night Mail — W. H. Auden
1907–1973 England
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Letters of thanks, letters from banks,
Letters of joy from girl and boy,
Receipted bills and invitations
To inspect new stock or to visit relations,
And applications for situations,
And timid lovers' declarations,
And gossip, gossip from all the nations.
Night Mail (1936)
This is the Night Mail crossing the Border,
Bringing the cheque and the postal order,
Letters for the rich, letters for the poor,
The shop at the corner, the girl next door.
Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb:
The gradient's against her, but she’s on time.
Past cotton-grass and moorland border,
Shovelling white steam over her shoulder.
Night Mail (1936)