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Siegfried Sassoon

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Deep in my morning time he made his mark
And still he comes uncalled to be my guide
In devastated regions
When the brain has lost its bearings in the dark
And broken in it’s body’s pride
In the long campaign to which it had sworn allegiance.
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Lines from a draft version of "Revisitation" omitted from final version.

 
Siegfried Sassoon

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