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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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Had to add a War poet so have a Wilfred OwenANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries5 now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, –
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all
Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds
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The war poemsseem to pull me into a deep melancholy which hangs around for days. I like, love some of the work but it gets to me like no other.
I suppose it's just doing its job.
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Infidel , shit and wrong, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 4:30,
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