Stephen Vincent Benét Quote

We heard the shots in the night
But nobody knew next day what the trouble was
And a man must go to his work.
So I didn't see him
For three days, then, and me near out of my mind
And all the patrols on the streets with their dirty guns
And when he came back, he looked drunk, and the blood was on him.


Litany for Dictatorships (1935)


We heard the shots in the night But nobody knew next day what the trouble was And a man must go to his work. So I didn't see him For three days,...

We heard the shots in the night But nobody knew next day what the trouble was And a man must go to his work. So I didn't see him For three days,...

We heard the shots in the night But nobody knew next day what the trouble was And a man must go to his work. So I didn't see him For three days,...

We heard the shots in the night But nobody knew next day what the trouble was And a man must go to his work. So I didn't see him For three days,...