He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

W.h. Auden
He was my North, my South, my East and West,...
He was my North, my South, my East and West,...
He was my North, my South, my East and West,...
He was my North, my South, my East and West,...
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The poet John Keats, in his poem “He Was My North,” describes the love of a man for another man. He says, “He was my North, my South, my East and West; / My working week and my Sunday rest; / I thought that love would last forever. I was wrong.”

Source: Collected Poems

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