year when the poem was written?

Question

I wanna know something about the poem 'macau', written by W H Auden.... i want to know when this poem was written.....i know that it was written between 1930 - 1944....but i want to know the exact year

thankz very much

Answer 1

"A weed from Catholic Europe, it took root
Between some yellow mountains and a sea,
Its gay stone houses an exotic fruit,
A Portugal-***-China oddity
Rococco images of saint and saviour
Promises its gamblers fortunes when they die.
Churches among brothels testify
That faith can pardon natural behaviour.
A town of such indulgence need not fear
Those mortal sins by which the strong are killed,
And limbs and government are torn to pieces.
Religious clocks will strike; the childish vices
Will safeguard the low virtues of the child,
And nothing can happen here."
(‘Macao’, by W.H.Auden, 1938)

Answer 2

i check the net but it didn't say anything.