![]() ![]() Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay? With dying eyes and lolling heads-those ashen-grey Of corpses rotting in front of the front-line trench-Īnd dawn coming, dirty-white, and chill with a hopeless rain?ĭo you ever stop and ask, 'Is it all going to happen again?'ĭo you remember that hour of din before the attack-Īnd the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you thenĪs you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men?ĭo you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbags on parapets? Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you'll never forget.ĭo you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz. Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare.īut the past is just the same-and War's a bloody game. Like clouds in the lit heaven of life and you're a man reprieved to go, Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways:Īnd the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you'll never forgetįor the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days, But the past is just the same-and War's a bloody game. For the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways: And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow Like clouds in the lit heaven of life and you're a man reprieved to go, Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare. They seek to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and wartime experience.moreĪftermath Have you forgotten yet?. Today, the IWM is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from World War I to the present. This collection was published in association with The Imperial War Museum, which was founded in 1917 to collect and display material relating to World War I while it was still being fought. It includes poems from Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Vera Brittain, Eleanor Farjeon, Edward Thomas, Laurence Binyon, John McCrae, Siegfried Sassoon, and many more. It records the early excitement and patriotism, the bravery, friendship, and loyalty of the soldiers, and the heartbreak, disillusionment, and regret as the war went on to damage a generation. It inc This moving and powerful collection of poems has been written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts, and family and friends who experienced WWI from different standpoints. This moving and powerful collection of poems has been written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts, and family and friends who experienced WWI from different standpoints. ![]()
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