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Born in September 8, 1886 / Died in September 1, 1967 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Siegfried Sassoon

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The Road To Ruin

...   And thought, 'When they come back I'll show ...

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The Humbled Heart

...   Say one whispered word to mortal man  ...

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On Scratchbury Camp

... Cloud shadows, drifting slow like heedless daylight dreams,  ...

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Microcosmos

...   Mote-like between the unquickened and the dead-- ...

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The Dragon And The Undying

... Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze, ...

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Grandeur of Ghosts

... (Lamps for my gloom, hands guiding where I stumble,)  ...

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In An Underground Dressing Station

... So kind and gentle, saying, above that crying, ...

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Sassoon's Public Statement Of Defiance

... nuance of agonies which they do not share, and which they have not sufficient imagination to realise ...

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Prelude: The Troops

...   And through some mooned Valhalla there will pass &emsp ...

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To-Day

... How sweet it is to spend these eyes, and boast&emsp ...

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The Hero

... He thought how 'Jack', cold-footed, useless swine, ...

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Atrocities

... Patient and cowed and scared, as prisoners should ...

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Return Of The Heroes

... _ "Oh! there's Sir Henry Dudster! Such a splendid leader! ...

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Ex-Service

...   Whose swindled ghosts are crying ...

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Sporting Acquaintances

... no success. One scratched his hairy thigh, while t'other sighed ...