Strange Meeting
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It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granites which titanic wars had groined.   Yet also there encumbered sleepers groaned, Too fast in thought or death to be bestirred. Then, as I probed them, one [...]

DULCE ET DECORUM EST
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Wilfred Owen (1893 –1918) Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But [...]