I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.


Lines 19-22 - September 1, 1939 (1939)

W. H. Auden Quotes

I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return.

I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return.

I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return.

I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return.