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Wilfred Owen Quotes

Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both Picture Quote #1

Sweet and fitting it is to die for the fatherland Picture Quote #1

I, too, saw God through mud Picture Quote #1

Numbers of the old people cannot read. Those who can seldom d Picture Quote #1

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity Picture Quote #1

Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War Picture Quote #1

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I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness Picture Quote #1

I don’t ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry? Picture Quote #1

I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law Picture Quote #1

I was a boy when I first realized that the fullest life liveable was a Poet’s Picture Quote #1

The English say, Yours Truly, and mean it. The Italians say, I kiss your feet, and mean, I kick your head Picture Quote #1

The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughte Picture Quote #1

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When I begin to eliminate from the list all those professions which are impossible from a financial point of view and then those which I feel disinclined to-it leaves nothing Picture Quote #1

Do you know what would hold me together on a battlefield? The sense that I was perpetuating the language in which Keats and the rest of them wrote! Picture Quote #1

Escape? There is one unwatched way: your eyes. O Beauty! Keep me good that secret gate Picture Quote #1

If I have to be a soldier I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable Picture Quote #1

All the poet can do today is warn. That is why true Poets must be truthful Picture Quote #1

I thought of all that worked dark pits Of war, and died Digging the rock where Death reputes Peace lies indeed Picture Quote #1

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The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter Picture Quote #1

Heart, you were never hot Nor large, nor full like hearts made great with shot Picture Quote #1

The old happiness is unreturning. Boy’s griefs are not so grievous as youth’s yearning. Boys have no sadness sadder than our hope Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season Picture Quote #1

She is elegant rather than belle Picture Quote #1

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My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity Picture Quote #1

All a poet can do today is warn Picture Quote #1

All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want Picture Quote #1

All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me Picture Quote #1

Be bullied, be outraged, by killed, but do not kill Picture Quote #1

Those who have no hope pass their old age shrouded with an inward gloom Picture Quote #1

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Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Sweet and fitting it is to die for the fatherland (Wilfred Owen Quotes) I, too, saw God through mud (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Numbers of the old people cannot read. Those who can seldom d (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War (Wilfred Owen Quotes) I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness (Wilfred Owen Quotes) I don’t ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry? (Wilfred Owen Quotes) I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law (Wilfred Owen Quotes) I was a boy when I first realized that the fullest life liveable was a Poet’s (Wilfred Owen Quotes) The English say, Yours Truly, and mean it. The Italians say, I kiss your feet, and mean, I kick your head (Wilfred Owen Quotes) The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughte (Wilfred Owen Quotes) When I begin to eliminate from the list all those professions which are impossible from a financial point of view and then those which I feel disinclined to-it leaves nothing (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Do you know what would hold me together on a battlefield? The sense that I was perpetuating the language in which Keats and the rest of them wrote! (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Escape? There is one unwatched way: your eyes. O Beauty! Keep me good that secret gate (Wilfred Owen Quotes) If I have to be a soldier I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable (Wilfred Owen Quotes) All the poet can do today is warn. That is why true Poets must be truthful. (Wilfred Owen Quotes) I thought of all that worked dark pits Of war, and died Digging the rock where Death reputes Peace lies indeed. (Wilfred Owen Quotes) The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Heart, you were never hot Nor large, nor full like hearts made great with shot (Wilfred Owen Quotes) The old happiness is unreturning. Boy’s griefs are not so grievous as youth’s yearning. Boys have no sadness sadder than our hope. (Wilfred Owen Quotes) 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 Quotes) A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season (Wilfred Owen Quotes) She is elegant rather than belle (Wilfred Owen Quotes) My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity (Wilfred Owen Quotes) All a poet can do today is warn (Wilfred Owen Quotes) All I ask is to be held above the barren wastes of want (Wilfred Owen Quotes) All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Be bullied, be outraged, by killed, but do not kill (Wilfred Owen Quotes) Those who have no hope pass their old age shrouded with an inward gloom (Wilfred Owen Quotes)

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