This marble monument was erected by the state.
Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:
Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.


'The Unknown Citizen' (1940)

W. H. Auden Quotes

This marble monument was erected by the state. Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have...

This marble monument was erected by the state. Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have...

This marble monument was erected by the state. Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have...

This marble monument was erected by the state. Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have...