I just came across this essay that discusses Auden's appreciation of Tolkien.
http://www.theimaginativeconservative.o ... inson.html
I knew that Auden liked Tolkien's works ; this essay sheds a little bit more light on the reasons why.
W.H. Auden on JRRT
1"Eternity is an awful long time, especially towards the end."
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.” -- CSL