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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON A TYRANT, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poet's Biography
First Line: Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after
Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H.
Subject(s): Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); Tyranny & Tyrants; Villains In Literature; Dictators
First Line: Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after
Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H.
Subject(s): Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); Tyranny & Tyrants; Villains In Literature; Dictators
Other Poems of Interest...
TOWARD THE JURASSIC AGE by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA
LITANY FOR DICTATORSHIPS by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET
FIN-DE-SIECLE BLUES by CAROLYN KIZER
SIGISMONDA AND GUISCARDO by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF 27 B.C. by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS
AN EPISTLE TO CURIO by MARK AKENSIDE
BEYOND THE BARS by GEORGE E. BOWEN
TO AN ANTIQUE STILETTO by BERTON BRALEY