A Gothic Embrace

The Goths and Romans, a union sought,
A new-born people, lessons taught.
With emulation, virtues intertwined,
A transient happiness, for humankind.

About Wilfred Owen

War poet whose visceral, anti-war verse exposed the horrors of trench warfare; killed one week before Armistice.

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