“My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory. The old lie: It is sweet and fitting that you should die for your country.” ShouldChildrenCountryLyingDiesSweetGloryMy FriendsDesperateFittingArdentZest Author:Wilfred Owen
“The Young Soldier It is not death Without hereafter To one in dearth Of life and its laughter, Nor the sweet murder Dealt slow and even Unto the martyr Smiling at heaven: It is the smile Faint as a (waning) myth, Faint, and exceeding small On a boy's murdered mouth.” LifeYoungHeavenBoysSweetLaughterMouthsMurderSoldierMythMartyrHereafter Author:Wilfred Owen
“Then, when much blood had clogged their chariot-wheels I would go up and wash them from sweet wells, Even with truths that lie too deep for taint. I would have poured my spirit without stint But not through wounds; not on the cess of war.” WellsWarSpiritLyingBloodSweetWoundsWheelsChariotsToo Deep Book:Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)
