Quotations Flashcards
“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks”
“Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge”
“Til on the hunting flares we turned our backs”
“And towards our distant rest began to trudge”
“Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots”
“But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind:”
“Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots”
“Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind”
“Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! - An ecstacy of fumbling,”
“Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;”
“But someone still was yelling out and stumbling”
“And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime…”
“Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light.”
“As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.”
“In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,”