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Siegfried Sassoon

Wednesday 21st of January 2026

War You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go. Siegfried Sassoon, “Suicide in the Trenches” © 2015 Kwiple.com
 
World War I A saying went round, “We went to war with Rupert Brooke and came home with Siegfried Sassoon.” May Wedderburn Cannan © 2016 Kwiple.com