I'd say - "I used to know his father well;
Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap."
And when the war is done and youth stone dead
I'd toddle safely home and die - in bed. (Siegfried Sassoon)

I'd say - "I used to know his father well; Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap." And when the war is done and youth stone dead I'd toddle safely home and die - in bed.

Siegfried Sassoon

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