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September 1, 1939W. H. Auden : ( 1907-1973 ) : : : : I sit in one of the divesOn Fifty-second StreetUncertain and afraidAs the clever hopes expireOf a low dishonest decade:Waves of anger and fearCirculate over the brightAnd darkened lands of the earth,Obsessing our private lives;The unmentionable odour of deathOffends the September night. AccurateContinue reading “September 1, 1939 : W H Auden : : September Poems : : Months Poems : :”