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by Eliot Author IconMail Icon
Rated: ASR · Poetry · Philosophy · #465043

A young thinker's epiphany

Fear at Midnight

By covenant aloft I stand
Benighted by the scenes at hand,
Alone, unguarded, guarding.
One question lies unanswered yet:
Quis custodes custodiet?*


*Latin: "Who will guard the guardian?"
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