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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