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Buffers catch from boys At least the jokes hurled at them。 I suppose Little 

I'd   ever   teach   a   son�察  �but   hitting�察  �Shooting�察  �war�察  �hunting�察  �all   the   arts   of 

hurting。 Well�察�that's what   I learnt�察  �that�察 �and making   money。 Your   fifty 

years ahead seem none too many�拭�Tell me how long I've got�拭�God� �For 

one year To help myself to nothing more than air� �One Spring� �Is one too 

good to spare�察�too long�拭�Spring wind would work its own way to my lung�察�

And grow me legs as quick as lilac´shoots。 My servant's lamed�察�but listen 

how he shouts� �When I'm lugged out�察�he'll still be good for that。 Here in 

this mummy´case�察�you know�察�I've thought How well I might have swept 

his floors for ever�察�I'd ask no night off when the bustle's over�察�Enjoying so 

the   dirt。   Who's   prejudiced Against   a   grimed   hand   when   his   own's   quite 

dust�察�Less live than specks that in the sun´shafts turn�察�Less warm than dust 

that mixes with arms' tan�拭�I'd love to be a sweep�察�now�察�black as Town�察�Yes�察�

or a muckman。 Must I be his load�拭�

     O Life�察�Life�察�let me breathe�察 �a dug´out rat� �Not worse than ours the 

existences   rats   lead      Nosing   along   at   night   down   some   safe   vat�察  �They 

find a shell´proof home before they rot。 Dead men may envy living mites 

in cheese�察�Or good germs even。 Microbes have their joys�察�And subdivide�察�

and never come to death�察�Certainly flowers have the easiest time on earth。 

;I   shall   be   one   with   nature�察  �herb�察  �and   stone。;   Shelley   would   tell   me。 

Shelley     would    be   stunned�察   �The   dullest   Tommy      hugs    that  fancy   now。 



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;Pushing up daisies�察─�is their creed�察�you know。 To grain�察�then�察�go my fat�察�to 

buds my sap�察�For all the usefulness there is in soap。 D'you think the Boche 

will ever stew man´soup�拭�Some day�察�no doubt�察�if 。 。 。 Friend�察�be very sure I 

shall be better off with plants that share More peaceably the meadow and 

the   shower。   Soft   rains   will   touch   me�察     �as   they   could   touch   once�察�And 

nothing but the sun shall make me ware。 Your guns may crash around me。 

I'll not hear�察�Or�察�if I wince�察�I shall not know I wince。 Don't take my soul's 

poor   comfort   for   your   jest。   Soldiers   may   grow   a   soul   when   turned   to 

fronds�察�But here the thing's best left at home with friends。 

     My soul's a little grief�察�grappling your chest�察�To climb your throat on 

sobs�察�easily chased On other sighs and wiped by fresher winds。 

     Carry     my   crying    spirit  till  it's  weaned   To   do   without    what    blood 

remained these wounds。 



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                       Wild with all Regrets 



       ��Another version of ;A Terre;。�� 

       To Siegfried Sassoon 



     My  arms   have   mutinied   against   me      brutes�   �My  fingers   fidget   like 

ten idle brats�察�My back's been stiff for hours�察�damned hours。 Death never 

gives his squad a Stand´at´ease。 I can't read。 There�此�it's no use。 Take your 

book。 A short life and a merry one�察�my buck� �We said we'd hate to grow 

dead old。 But now�察�Not to live old seems awful�此�not to renew My boyhood 

with my boys�察�and teach 'em hitting�察�Shooting and hunting�察 �all the arts 

of hurting�  �Well�察�that's what I learnt。 That�察�and making money。 Your fifty 

years in store seem none too many�察�But I've five minutes。 God� �For just 

two years To help myself to this good air of yours� �One Spring� �Is one too 

hard to spare�拭�Too long�拭�Spring air would find its own way to my lung�察�

And grow me legs as quick as lilac´shoots。 Yes�察�there's the orderly。 He'll 

change the sheets When I'm lugged out�察�oh�察�couldn't I do that�拭�Here in this 

coffin of a bed�察�I've thought I'd like to kneel and sweep his floors for ever�察�

 And   ask   no   nights   off   when   the   bustle's   over�察  �For   I'd   enjoy   the   dirt�察�

who's prejudiced Against a grimed hand when his own's quite dust�察 �Less 

live   than   specks   that   in   the   sun´shafts   turn�拭  �Dear   dust�察     �in   rooms�察  �on 

roads�察�on faces' tan� �I'd love to be a sweep's boy�察�black as Town�察�Yes�察�or a 

muckman。 Must I be his load�拭�A flea would do。 If one chap wasn't bloody�察�

Or went stone´cold�察�I'd find another body。 

     Which   I   shan't   manage   now。   Unless   it's   yours。   I   shall   stay   in   you�察�

friend�察  �for   some   few   hours。 You'll   feel   my  heavy  spirit   chill   your   chest�察�

And climb your throat on sobs�察�until it's chased On sighs�察�and wiped from 

off your lips by wind。 

     I think on your rich breathing�察�brother�察�I'll be weaned To do without 

what blood remained me from my wound。 

       5th December 1917。 



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                                       Disabled 



     He sat in a wheeled chair�察�waiting for dark�察�And shivered in his ghastly 

suit of grey�察�Legless�察�sewn short at elbow。 Through the park Voices of boys 

rang   saddening   like   a   hymn�察  �Voices   of   play   and   pleasure   after   day�察  �Till 

gathering sleep had mothered them from him。 

     About this time Town used to swing so gay When glow´lamps budded 

in the light´blue trees And girls glanced lovelier as the air grew dim�察 �In 

the   old   times�察  �before   he   threw   away   his   knees。   Now   he   will   never   feel 

again how slim Girls' waists are�察�or how warm their subtle hands�察�All of 

them touch him like some queer disease。 

     There was an artist silly for his face�察�For it was younger than his youth�察�

last   year。   Now   he   is   old�察  �his   back   will   never   brace�察  �He's   lost   his   colour 

very far from here�察�Poured it down shell´holes till the veins ran dry�察�And 

half his lifetime lapsed in the hot race�察�And leap of purple spurted from his 

thigh。   One   time   he   liked   a   bloodsmear   down   his   leg�察�After   the   matches 

carried   shoulder´high。   It   was   after   football�察  �when   he'd   drunk   a   peg�察  �He 

thought he'd better join。 He wonders why 。 。 。 Someone had said he'd look 

a god in kilts。 

     That's   why�察  �and   maybe�察  �too�察  �to   please   his   Meg�察�Aye�察  �that   was   it�察  �to 

please the giddy jilts�察�He asked to join。 He didn't have to beg�察�Smiling they 

wrote his lie�察�aged nineteen years。 Germans he scarcely thought of�察�and no 

fears Of Fear came yet。 He thought of jewelled hilts For daggers in plaid 

socks�察  �of   smart   salutes�察  �And   care   of   arms�察  �and   leave�察  �and   pay   arrears�察�

Esprit de corps�察�and hints for young recruits。 And soon�察�he was drafted out 

with drums and cheers。 

     Some cheered him home�察�but not as crowds cheer Goal。 Only a solemn 

man   who   brought   him   fruits   Thanked   him�察  �and   then   inquired   about   his 

soul。 Now�察�he will spend a few sick years in Institutes�察�And do what things 

the rules consider wise�察�And take whatever pity they may dole。 To´night he 

noticed   how   the   women's   eyes   Passed   from   him   to   the   strong   men   that 

were whole。 How cold and late it is� �Why don't they come And put him 

into bed�拭�Why don't they come�拭�



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                                      The End 



     After the blast of lightning from the east�察�The flourish of loud clouds�察�

the   Chariot throne�察�After   the drums   of   time   have   rolled and   ceased And 

from the bronze west long retreat is blown�察�

     Shall Life renew these bodies�拭�Of a truth All death will he annul�察�all 

tears assuage�拭�Or fill these void veins full again with youth And wash with 

an immortal water age�拭�

     When I do ask white Age�察�he saith not so�察  �My head hangs weighed 

with   snow。; And   when   I   hearken   to   the   Earth   she   saith   My   fiery   heart 

sinks aching。 It is death。 Mine ancient scars shall not be glorified Nor my 

titanic tears the seas be dried。; 



     ��End of original text。�А�



     Appendix 



     General Notes�此 �

       Due to the general circumstances surrounding Wilfred Owen�察�and his 

death one week before the war ended�察�it should be noted that these poems 

are   not   all   in   their   final   form。   Owen   had   only   had   a   few   of   his   poems 

published   during   his   lifetime�察  �and   his   papers   were   in   a   state   of   disarray 

when     Siegfried    Sassoon�察   �his  friend   and   fellow    poet�察 �put   together   this 

volume。 The 1920 edition was the first edition of Owen's poems�察�the 1921 

reprint ��of which this is a transcript�� added one more  and nothing else 

happened   until   Edmund   Blunden's   1931   edition。   Even   with   that   edition�察�

there   remained   gaps�察  �and   several   more   editions   added   more   and   more 

poems and fragments�察�in various forms�察�as it was difficult to tell which of 

Owen's      drafts   were   his  final   ones�察  �until  Jon   Stallworthy's     ;Complete 

Poems and Fragments; ��1983�� included all that could be found�察�and tried 

to put them in chronological order�察�with the latest revisions�察�etc。 



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     Therefore�察�it should not be surprising if some or most of these poems 

differ from later editions。 

       After   Owen's   death�察  �his   writings   gradually  gained   pre´eminence�察  �so 

that�察�although virtually unknown during the war�察�he came into high regard。 

Benjamin Britten�察�the British composer who set 

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