As a poet there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language against corruption. When it is corrupted, people lose faith in what they hear and this leads to violence. - W. H. Auden

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W. H. Auden: "As a poet there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language against corruption. When it is corrupted, people lose faith in what they hear and this leads to violence."

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Against	Corrupted	Corruption	Defend
Duty	Faith	Hear	Language
Leads	Lose	Ones	People
Poet	Political	Violence

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