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Aubade : : By William Empson ( 1906 – 1984 ) : Aubade (1940)Hours before dawn we were woken by the quake.My house was on a cliff. The thing could takeBookloads off shelves, break bottles in a row.Then the long pause and then the bigger shake.It seemed the best thing to be up and go.Continue reading “Aubade : William Empson : : Morning Poems : :”