Voltaire at Ferney (Auden)

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So here's another Adrian Veidt poem (Watchmen). I think this works equally well whether you're thinking of the version of Veidt from the graphic novel (Utopia Justifies the Means) or the movie (Necessarily Evil).

( There was much, though, to be done/And only himself to count upon. )