W. H. Auden Quotes

And make us as Newton was, who in his garden watching The apple falling towards England, became aware Between himself and her of an eternal tie.

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• And make us as Newton was, who in his garden watching The apple falling towards England, became aware Between himself and her of an eternal tie.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Science
  • Fall
  • Garden