Julian Grenfell

“I adore war. It is like a big picnic without the objectlessness of a picnic.”

“And he is dead who will not fight; And who dies fighting has increase.”

“And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light, And a striving evermore for these;”

“I have never been so well or so happy. It's the most wonderful fun. Bullets are nothing.”

“The kestrel hovering by day, And the little owls that call by night, Bid him be swift and keen as they, As keen as they to seek the fight.”

“The fighting man shall from the sun Take warmth, and life from the glowing earth;”

“And find, when fighting shall be done, Great rest, and fullness after dearth.”

“The naked earth is warm with Spring, And with green grass and bursting trees.”