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Life in the Trenches WWI
Suicide in the Trenchesby Siegfried Sassoon (1918)
I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.
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.
Suicide in the the Trenches
by Siegfried Sassoon
VIDEO
Watch English actor Stephen Graham reading 'Suicide in the Trenches'. Watch how he changes from a smiley friendly character to an angry, violent one.
Now listen to Ms Higgins.
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2nde
Life in the Trenches WWI
Suicide in the Trenchesby Siegfried Sassoon (1918)
I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, And whistled early with the lark. In winter trenches, cowed and glum, With crumps and lice and lack of rum, He put a bullet through his brain. No one spoke of him again. 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.
Suicide in the the Trenches
by Siegfried Sassoon
VIDEO
Watch English actor Stephen Graham reading 'Suicide in the Trenches'. Watch how he changes from a smiley friendly character to an angry, violent one.
Now listen to Ms Higgins.