|
|
| |
"Those whispering guns—O Christ, I want to go out
And screech at them to stop—I'm going crazy;
I'm going stark, staring mad because of the guns."
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet. Repression of War Experience (l. 36-38). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"And it's been proved that soldiers don't go mad
Unless they lose control of ugly thoughts
That drive them out to jabber among the trees."
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet. Repression of War Experience (l. 6-8). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"You are too young to fall asleep for ever;
And when you sleep you remind me of the dead."
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet. The Dug-out (l. 7-8). . .
Our Holidays in Poetry. Mildred P. Harrington and Josephine H. Thomas, comps. (1929) The H. W. Wilson Company. |
""He's a cheery old card," grunted Harry to Jack
As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack."
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet. The General (l. 5-6). . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938) Oxford University Press. |
"But he did for them both by his plan of attack."
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet. The General. . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938) Oxford University Press. |
"In me the tiger sniffs the rose."
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet. The Heart's Journey, no. 7 (1928). |
"At last, with sweat of horror in his hair,
He climbed through darkness to the twilight air,
Unloading hell behind him step by step."
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet. The Rear-Guard (l. 23-25). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"And Bert's gone syphilitic: you'll not find
A chap who's served that hasn't found some change.'
And the Bishop said: 'The ways of God are strange!'"
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), British poet. They (l. 10-12). . .
Oxford Book of Satirical Verse, The. Geoffrey Grigson, comp. (1980) Oxford University Press. |
| |
|
|
|
|
Siegfried Sassoon
Free
Poetry E-Book: