Author: Cecil Rajendra
Cites
- W. H. Auden (1)
- IN: Refugees and Other Despairs (1980) Fiction, NULL
EPIGRAPH: Defenceless 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
Or Eros and of dust,
Beleauguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
FROM: The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden, (1945), Poem, England/US