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International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:1136-1137
© International Epidemiological Association 2002

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Brothers who when the sirens roar ...

WH Auden

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Brothers, who when the sirens roar
From office, shop and factory pour
’Neath evening sky;
By cops directed to the fug
Of talkie-houses for a drug,
Or down canals to find a hug
Until you die:

We know, remember, what it is
That keeps you celebrating this
Sad ceremonial;
We know the terrifying brink
From which in dreams you nightly shrink.
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