The Shield of Achilles W. H. Auden, 1907 – 1973     She looked over his shoulder        For vines and olive trees,      Marble well-governed cities        And ships...

Musée des Beaux Arts W.H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along; How, when the aged are reverently, passionately...