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August 1968 by Wystan Hugh Auden

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Wystan Hugh Auden
(1907 - 1973 / England)

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August 1968

The Ogre does what ogres can,
Deeds quite impossible for Man,
But one prize is beyond his reach,
The Ogre cannot master Speech:
About a subjugated plain,
Among its desperate and slain,
The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
While drivel gushes from his lips.

Wystan Hugh Auden

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