But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half th… - Wilfred Owen

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But the old man would not so, but slew his son,
And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was a British poet and soldier. Regarded by many as the leading poet of the First World War, he was killed 7 days before it ended.

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Native Name: Wilfred Edward Salter Owen

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Voices of boys were by the river-side.
Sleep mothered them; and left the twilight sad.

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He's lost his colour very far from here,
Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry

But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one. - Wilfred Owen

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