Siegfried Sassoon Poems on Mind (22 Poems)
The Old Huntsman (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
I’ve never ceased to curse the day I signed A seven years’ bargain for the Golden Fleece. ‘Twas a bad deal all round; and dear enough It cost me, what with my daft management, And the mean folk as owed … Continue reading
Sick Leave (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
When I’m asleep, dreaming and lulled and warm,- They come, the homeless ones, the noiseless dead. While the dim charging breakers of the storm Bellow and drone and rumble overhead, Out of the gloom they gather about my bed. They … Continue reading
Haunted (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
Evening was in the wood, louring with storm. A time of drought had sucked the weedy pool And baked the channels; birds had done with song. Thirst was a dream of fountains in the moon, Or willow-music blown across the … Continue reading
Today (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
This is To-day, a child in white and blue Running to meet me out of Night who stilled The ghost of Yester-eve; this is fair Morn The mother of To-morrow. And these clouds That chase the sunshine over gleaming hills … Continue reading
Fight to a Finish (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
The boys came back. Bands played and flags were flying, And Yellow-Pressmen thronged the sunlit street To cheer the soldiers who’d refrained from dying, And hear the music of returning feet. ‘Of all the thrills and ardours War has brought, … Continue reading
Ancient History (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
Adam, a brown old vulture in the rain, Shivered below his wind-whipped olive-trees; Huddling sharp chin on scarred and scraggy knees, He moaned and mumbled to his darkening brain; ‘He was the grandest of them all was Cain! ‘A lion … Continue reading
The Effect (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
‘The effect of our bombardment was terrific. One man told me he had never seen so many dead before.’ -War Correspondent. ‘He’d never seen so many dead before.’ They sprawled in yellow daylight while he swore And gasped and lugged … Continue reading
The Last Meeting (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
I Because the night was falling warm and still Upon a golden day at April’s end, I thought; I will go up the hill once more To find the face of him that I have lost, And speak with him … Continue reading
Break of Day (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
There seemed a smell of autumn in the air At the bleak end of night; he shivered there In a dank, musty dug-out where he lay, Legs wrapped in sand-bags,-lumps of chalk and clay Spattering his face. Dry-mouthed, he thought, … Continue reading
Stretcher Case (Siegfried Sassoon Poems)
He woke; the clank and racket of the train Kept time with angry throbbings in his brain. Then for a while he lapsed and drowsed again. At last he lifted his bewildered eyes And blinked, and rolled them sidelong; hills … Continue reading
More Siegfried Sassoon Poetry (Based on Topics)
Night - War & Peace - Faces - Man - Light - Sadness - Mind - Death & Dying - Youth - Birds - Sleep - Nature - Dreams - World - Soldiers - Life - Home - Hell - God - Sense & Perception - View All Siegfried Sassoon Poems