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Poem For The Day

By The Daily Dish

Jun 21 2009, 8:05 AM ET

HOPE:DIBYANGSHU SARKAR:AFP:Getty

September 1, 1939:

Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the
Just Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

Full Auden masterpiece here. Something about this stanza felt relevant today.

(Photo: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty.)



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