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It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country (1921)

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Dulce et Decorum Est

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And…

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Poem: Novus Homo

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