W. H. Auden Quote

Across East River in the night
Manhattan is ablaze with light.
No shadow dares to criticize
The popular festivities.
Hard liquor causes everywhere
A general détente, and Care
For this state function of Good Will
Is diplomatically ill;
The Old Year dies a noisy death.


New Year Letter, Jan. 1, 1940


Across East River in the night Manhattan is ablaze with light. No shadow dares to criticize The popular festivities. Hard liquor causes everywhere A...

Across East River in the night Manhattan is ablaze with light. No shadow dares to criticize The popular festivities. Hard liquor causes everywhere A...

Across East River in the night Manhattan is ablaze with light. No shadow dares to criticize The popular festivities. Hard liquor causes everywhere A...

Across East River in the night Manhattan is ablaze with light. No shadow dares to criticize The popular festivities. Hard liquor causes everywhere A...