A Subtle Reign

The Barbarian conquered, yet bowed his head,
To Roman forms, skillfully led.
His reign a disguise, a pleasing art,
Hiding the monarch, deep in his heart.

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

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