I didn't want to die - not before I'd finished reading The Return of the Native anyhow. - Siegfried Sassoon

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I didn't want to die - not before I'd finished reading The Return of the Native anyhow.

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About Siegfried Sassoon

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