O FUTURO PRESENTE: RETRATOS-1: "TIRANOS"

30-06-2011
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E depois deste desabafo sobre a política doméstica, pobrezinha mas democrática, lá isso é, este poema de W.H.AUDEN.Epitaph on a Tyrantby W. H. AudenPerfection, of a kind, was what he was after,And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;He knew human folly like the back of his hand,And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,And when he cried the little children died in the streets.

E depois deste desabafo sobre a política doméstica, pobrezinha mas democrática, lá isso é, este poema de W.H.AUDEN.Epitaph on a Tyrantby W. H. AudenPerfection, of a kind, was what he was after,And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;He knew human folly like the back of his hand,And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,And when he cried the little children died in the streets.

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