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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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Daybreak In A Garden

... When cloudy shoals were chinked and gilt with fires of day ...

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Alone

... Hear me say ‘I’ve thought!’—and darkness hides my day ...

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The Redeemer

... Horror and pain, not uncontent to die That Lancaster on Lune may stand secure ...

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'In the Pink'

... ' Then scrawled his name: ' Your loving sweetheart Willie ' ...

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Trench Duty

... and then Hear the gruff muttering voices of the men ...

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A Mystic As Soldier

... Where death outnumbers life, ...

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Memory

... Dim wealds of vanished summer, peace of home, ...

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David Cleek

... You’ll still contrive to play your steady round, ...

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To His Dead Body

... Yet, though my dreams that throng the darkened stair ...

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Falling Asleep

... And I know that the clouds are moving across the moon ...

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To a Childless Woman

... Tender, and bitter-sweet, and shy, I’ve watched you holding ...

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Enemies

... and then They told him how I’d killed them for his sake— ...

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Stand-To: Good Friday Morning

... And I’ll believe in Your bread and wine, ...

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Twelve Months After

... That’s what they used to sing along the roads last spring ...

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An Old French Poet

... Then, if some bird should pipe, or breezes stir the glade, ...