Alone, alone, about the dreadful wood
Of conscious evil runs a lost mankind,
Dreading to find its Father.
Source: For the Time Being, 'Chorus'
-- W H Auden, (Feb 21 1907-1973), English-US poet, dramatist, editor; He wrote passionately about social problems and post-WW I anxiety; won Pulitzer for verse Age of Anxiety, 1948.