Quotes from Strange Meeting — Wilfred Owen
1893–1918 England
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"None," said the other, "Save the undone years,
The hopelessness.
Strange Meeting (1918)
For by my glee might many men have laughed,
And of my weeping something has been left,
Which must die now. I mean the truth untold,
The pity of war, the pity war distilled.
Strange Meeting (1918)
None will break ranks, though nations trek from progress.
Courage was mine, and I had mystery;
Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery;
To miss the march of this retreating world
Into vain citadels that are not walled.
Strange Meeting (1918)