Lost in a blurred confusion of yells and groans... Down, an… - Siegfried Sassoon

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Lost in a blurred confusion of yells and groans... Down, and down, and down, he sank and drowned, Bleeding to death. The counter-attack had failed.

Siegfried Sassoon

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Siegfried Sassoon (September 8, 1886 – September 1, 1967) was a British poet and writer, best remembered for the poems he wrote as a soldier in World War I. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War.

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Birth Name: Siegfried Loraine Sassoon

Alternative Names: Saul Kain • Pinchbeck Lyre • Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon

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I did not dread the dark winter as people do when they have lost their youth and live alone in some great city.

The purgatory I'd let myself in for always came between me and the pages; there was no escape for me now.

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.

Lost in a blurred confusion of yells and groans... Down, and down, and down, he sank and drowned, Bleeding to death. The counter-attack had failed. - Siegfried Sassoon

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