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Siegfried Sassoon Quotes

Siegfried Sassoon quotes

English Poet September 8, 1886 – September 1, 1967

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Siegfried Sassoon quote: "Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no..."
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows. Siegfried Sassoon
I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation. Siegfried Sassoon
His wet white face and miserable eyes. Brought nurses to him more than groans and sighs: But hoarse and low and rapid rose and fell. His troubled voice: he did the business well.(First verse of Died of Wounds) Siegfried Sassoon
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." "The War Poems Siegfried Sassoon
But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy, stricken places in my soul, And the occasional ghosts that haunt my gaze. Siegfried Sassoon
The fact is that five years ago I was, as near as possible, a different person to what I am tonight. I, as I am now, didn't exist at all. Will the same thing happen in the next five years? I hope so. Siegfried Sassoon
Alone he staggered on until he foundDawn's ghost that filtered down a shafted stairTo the dazed, muttering creatures undergroundWho hear the boom of shells in muffled sound. Siegfried Sassoon
I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it. Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon quote: "Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of..."
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives. Siegfried Sassoon
I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed. Siegfried Sassoon
I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust. Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon quote: "I didn't want to die - not before I'd finished reading The..."
I didn't want to die - not before I'd finished reading The Return of the Native anyhow. Siegfried Sassoon
They march from safety, and the bird-sung joy. Of grass-green thickets, to the land where all. Is ruin, and nothing blossoms but the sky Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon quote: "O, but EveryoneWas a bird; and the song was wordless; the..."
O, but EveryoneWas a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done. Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon quote: "I died in hell. They called it Passchendaele."
I died in hell. They called it Passchendaele. Siegfried Sassoon

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