What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons...

-- Wilfred Owen

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    Two of Britain's most highly-regarded poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, who I quoted above, both wrote their best poetry while serving in the trenches of WWI. Owen because he died going over the top.

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