Alone, alone, about the dreadful wood; Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind, Dreading to find its Father. (W. H. Auden)

Alone, alone, about the dreadful wood; Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind, Dreading to find its Father.

W. H. Auden

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