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| − | '''For W.H.A.''' is a poem written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in parallel [[Old English|Old]] and Modern English. The poem is a "tardy tribute and token of thanks" to [[W.H. Auden]], on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. | + | '''For W.H.A.''' is a poem written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in parallel [[Old English|Old]] and Modern English. The poem is a "tardy tribute and token of thanks" to [[W.H. Auden]], on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday and to mirror Auden's "[[A Short Ode to a Philologist]]" published in ''[[English and Medieval Studies Presented to J.R.R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday]]'' (George Allen & Unwin, 1962). |
| − | + | "For W.H.A." was first published in [[1967]] within ''[[Shenandoah: A Tribute to Wystan Hugh Auden on his Sixtieth Birthday|Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review Vol. 18 No. 2]]''. | |
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| + | Tolkien signed off the poem using an [[Old English]] form of his name, "Raegnold Hraedmoding". | ||
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| + | ==Excerpt== | ||
| + | <poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> | ||
| + | These lines about you I linked together, | ||
| + | though weighted by years, Wystan my friend: | ||
| + | a tardy tribute and token of thanks | ||
| + | </poem> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| − | * [[Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]] | + | *[[Index:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien|Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]] |
| − | [[Category:Poems]] | + | [[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]] |
Latest revision as of 10:32, 16 February 2013
For W.H.A. is a poem written by J.R.R. Tolkien in parallel Old and Modern English. The poem is a "tardy tribute and token of thanks" to W.H. Auden, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday and to mirror Auden's "A Short Ode to a Philologist" published in English and Medieval Studies Presented to J.R.R. Tolkien on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday (George Allen & Unwin, 1962).
"For W.H.A." was first published in 1967 within Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review Vol. 18 No. 2.
Tolkien signed off the poem using an Old English form of his name, "Raegnold Hraedmoding".
[edit] Excerpt
These lines about you I linked together,
though weighted by years, Wystan my friend:
a tardy tribute and token of thanks