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“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks”

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“Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge”

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“Til on the hunting flares we turned our backs”

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“And towards our distant rest began to trudge”

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“Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots”

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“But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind:”

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“Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots”

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“Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind”

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“Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! - An ecstacy of fumbling,”

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“Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;”

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“But someone still was yelling out and stumbling”

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“And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime…”

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“Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light.”

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“As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.”

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“In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,”

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“He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning,”

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17
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“If in some smothering dreams you too could pace”

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18
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“Behind the wagon that we flung him in”

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19
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“And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,”

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20
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“His hanging face like a devil’s sick of sin”

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21
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“My friend you would not tell such high zest”

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22
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“To children ardent for some desperate glory.”

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23
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“The old lie; Dulce et decorum est”

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24
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“Pro patria mori.”

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