There's a picture of Auden in the OP and he wrote this poem, which I memorized as a teen after learning of it from my mom. That night when joy began Ou

There's a picture of Auden in the OP and he wrote this poem, which I memorized as a teen after learning of it from my mom. That night when joy began Our narrowest veins to flush We waited for the flash Of morning's leveled gun. But morning let us pass And day by day relief Outgrows his nervous laugh Grown credulous of peace. As mile by mile is seen No trespasser's reproach And love's best glasses reach No fields but are his own.