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Auden Hated His Most Famous Political Poems
- hprotagonist 8y agoThe Shield of Achilles [0] hits a lot harder than September 1, 1939, in my opinion, though I still like "We must love one another, or die" as a flat assertion of fact. Out of the air a voice without a face Proved by statistics that some cause was just In tones as dry and level as the place: No one was cheered and nothing was discussed; Column by column in a cloud of dust They marched away enduring a belief Whose logic brought them, somewhere else, to grief. [0] https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/shield-achilles https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/shield-achilles
- mneedham 8y agoNone shall receive unless they give; All must cooperate to live