I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of…
“September 1, 1939,” lines 12-22
Accurate scholarship can Unearth the whole offence From Luther until now That has driven a culture mad, Find…
“September 1, 1939,” lines 23-33
Exiled Thucydides knew All that a speech can say About Democracy, And what dictators do, The elderly rubbish they…
“September 1, 1939,” lines 34-44
Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each…
“September 1, 1939,” lines 45-55
Faces along the bar Cling to their average day: The lights must never go out, The music must always…
“September 1, 1939,” lines 56-66
The windiest militant trash Important Persons shout Is not so crude as our wish: What mad Nijinsky wrote About…
“September 1, 1939,” lines 67-77
From the conservative dark Into the ethical life The dense commuters come, Repeating their morning vow; “I will be…
“September 1, 1939,” lines 78-88
All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The romantic lie in the brain Of…
“September 1, 1939,” lines 89-99
Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out…
“In Memory of W.B. Yeats,” lines 1-11
He disappeared in the dead of winter: The brooks were frozen, the airports almost deserted, And snow disfigured the public…
