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FeaturesOctober 2008 Auden's cheery bishop On Ernest William Barnes, the Anglican Bishop of Birmingham. Rhyme-royal’s difficult enough to play. Ah, my Lord of Birmingham, come in, sit on the fire and anticipate the judgement of the Universal Church. I like the company of men of science: they are not excessively intellectual in their hours of leisure and they give good dinners. In the fall of 1957, I began what turned out to be a two-year membership at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. This was a banner time ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 27 October 2008, on page 21 Copyright © 2012 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Auden-s-cheery-bishop-3910
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