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Wilfred Owen quotes

English Soldier March 18, 1893 – November 4, 1918

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Shall they return to beating of great bells In wild train-loads? A few, a few, too few for drums and yells, May creep back, silent, to village wells, Up half-known roads. Wilfred Owen
A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their..."
These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "There breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray. As..."
There breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray. As men's are, dead. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "O what made fatuous sunbeams toil. To break earth's sleep at all?"
O what made fatuous sunbeams toil. To break earth's sleep at all? Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the..."
But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the..."
My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of..."
I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law. Wilfred Owen
Consummation is consumption. We cannot consummate our bliss and not consume. All joys are cakes and vanish in eating. All bliss is sugar's melting in the mouth. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue..."
Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "He's lost his colour very far from here, Poured it down..."
He's lost his colour very far from here, Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "All a poet can do today is warn."
All a poet can do today is warn. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any..."
Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose. Wilfred Owen
The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter. Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen quote: "The dust that fell unnoted as a dew, Wrapped the dead city's..."
The dust that fell unnoted as a dew, Wrapped the dead city's face like mummy-cloth Wilfred Owen

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