Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry. Autore: W.H. Auden Copy Quote More from W.H. Auden “The friends who met here and embraced are gone,Each to his own mistake;” “Acts of injustice doneBetween the setting and the rising sunIn history lie like…” “As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's langua…” “Choice of attention--to pay attention to this and ignore that--is to the inner …”