W.H. Auden wrote of this civil war-torn country, "History to the defeated may say alas but cannot help nor pardon"
Auden wrote of this civil war-torn country, "History to the defeated may say 
alas but cannot help nor pardon"... [DOC] [TLE] Later Auden - The New York Times [PAR] May 23, 1999 ... shilling life will give you all the facts,'' W. H. Auden famously wrote, but Auden ... 
work through 1939, when he moved to New York as Britain faced war.