Auden's Time

In the sixties in my prime Before I discovered rhyme And felt the yearn for the warmer clime That was back in Auden's time. Auden then was showing his years in gray And he had known a better day Yet he was famous and so well known And still in a class of his own. With words Auden had a way And in his works he lives today Surely a poetic great And he was never second rate. In the sixties he was greatly admired And a new generation of poets by him inspired And though since he died three decades gone His fame in his literary works live on And though I was not an Auden fan I too now admire the man Quite a genius one might say And respect to him one ought to pay. In the sixties I recall My passion was Gaelic Football Before I discovered rhyme That was back in Auden's time.