“You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.”

About Siegfried Sassoon

Poet • British

Siegfried Sassoon was a leading English poet, writer, and soldier of the First World War. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the war, known for his angry and compassionate...