I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second street Uncertain and afraid As the clever… — W.H. Auden
I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade
September 1,1939 · 1939
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Citation
Auden, W. H. "September 1, 1939." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940. Originally published in The New Republic, 18 Oct. 1939.
