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Hear also Morning Poem in Time of War
and the photo/music memorial War
Dead Poets.
The background audio message you are hearing is Wilfred Owen's preface to his last book of
poetry, completed before he was killed in France in 1918. Please
help honor Owen and his fellow poets who died in France by listening to
his 63 second introduction, which might well have been written for this
page.
Dona eis Requiem / In
pacem aeterna pacem.
For war poetry of the First World War (and information
about its poets), plus poetry about, Iraq, Falklands, Sierra Leone and
Vietnam go to: www.warpoetry.co.uk Click
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The British War Poets (WWI): [Note]
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Rupert
Brooke died from blood
poisoning from an infected insect bite, 1915.
"A young Apollo, golden-haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
For the long littleness of life."
- quatrain by Frances Cornford [listen]
These lines were for Brooke, called by
W. B. Yeats,
"The most
handsome man in England."
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Read Sir Winston Churchill's obituary
(text)
Audio
recording by Walter Rufus Eagles [2:21]
The War Sonnets:
Other Poems:
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Alan Seeger
[American, KIA 1916, France before America entered the war] [note]
- Rendezvous
[1:25] "I have a rendezvous with death"
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William
Noel ('W. N.') Hodgson ['Edward Melbourne']
died in service 1916.
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Isaac
Rosenberg killed in close combat in France on April 1, 1918 [note]
On right, self-portrait in pastel by Rosenberg. He had hoped to
earn his living in portraiture after the war.
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Edward
Thomas killed in action in France, 1917, soon
after arrival there.
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Wilfred
Owen was machine-gunned to death in 1918.
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