The Hidden Law does not deny <br />Our laws of probability, <br />But takes the atom and the star <br />And human beings as they are, <br />And answers nothing when we lie. <br /> <br />It is the only reason why <br />No government can codify, <br />And verbal definitions mar <br /> The Hidden Law. <br /> <br />Its utter patience will not try <br />To stop us if we want to die; <br />If we escape it in a car, <br />If we forget It in a bar, <br />These are the ways we're punished by <br /> The Hidden Law.<br /><br />WH Auden<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-hidden-law-2/
