Bill Kristol @BillKristol
FWIW, Auden's "September 1, 1939" really did come to mind just now as I drank coffee not far from West 52nd street. Auden later semi-repudiated the work, I think due to the sentimental and hortatory character of its last stanzas--but it's a hell of a poem. https://t.co/968DOKdbSp — PolitiTweet.org